DECANI is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DECANI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DECANI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DECANI is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECANI
No single letter turns DECANI into another word.
How DECANI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DECANI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about DECANI
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DECANI mean in Scrabble?
adjective
musictechnical
Sung by the side of a church choir on the same side as the dean's seat, usually the south.
Choirs in cathedrals are often split into two halves that sing alternate verses, and decani marks the half beside the dean. The other half is called cantoris, after the cantor's seat. The word is Latin, from decanus, meaning dean, and appears in service books and choral scores.
How DECANI is used
Used in church music, mostly in Anglican cathedral practice.
- The decani side sang the first verse of the psalm.
- In the score the line marked decani rests on the second page.
- Decani and cantoris answer each other in turn.
- The singers on the decani side stood to the south.
- He sang decani for twenty years in the cathedral.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECANI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DECANI
The 6 tiles of DECANI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DECANI
1 longer words begin with DECANI.
Shorter words from the letters in DECANI
Showing 40 of 76. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about DECANI
- Is DECANI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECANI, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DECANI worth?
- DECANI is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECANI mean?
- Sung by the side of a church choir on the same side as the dean's seat, usually the south.
- What letters can be added to DECANI?
- No single letter can be added to DECANI to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DECANI:
Open DECANI in the Word Finder