DUELLO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DUELLO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUELLO?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUELLO is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUELLO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
duellosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUELLO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DUELLO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does DUELLO mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A formal duel, or the code of rules and conduct that formal duelling once followed.
Duello came into English from Italian, where the word simply means a duel, and it kept a slightly foreign, old-fashioned flavour even in its heyday. Writers used it not just for the fight itself but for the whole set of customs around it: how a challenge was issued, who could serve as a second, and what counted as satisfaction. Because formal duelling has largely disappeared, duello now belongs to historical fiction and accounts of earlier centuries rather than to everyday speech.
How DUELLO is used
An old-fashioned, literary word, met mainly in historical writing about duels and their code of honour.
- The novel describes the strict duello observed by the two rival officers.
- He studied the rules of the duello before agreeing to the challenge.
- Under the code of the duello, an insult to one's honour demanded satisfaction.
- Historians still argue over how widely the duello was practised outside the aristocracy.
- The duke's memoirs recall a duello fought at dawn over a card game.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUELLO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUELLO
1 longer words begin with DUELLO.
Shorter words from the letters in DUELLO
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Common questions about DUELLO
- Is DUELLO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUELLO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUELLO worth?
- DUELLO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUELLO mean?
- A formal duel, or the code of rules and conduct that formal duelling once followed.
- What letters can be added to DUELLO?
- DUELLO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DUELLO:
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