DUENDE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DUENDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUENDE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUENDE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUENDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
duendesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUENDE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DUENDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What stands out about DUENDE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 DUENDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
musicliterary
A quality of intense passion and inspiration that seizes a performer, especially in flamenco music and dance.
The word duende was borrowed directly from Spanish, where it first named a goblin or household spirit blamed for eerie happenings. Spanish writers, most famously the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, later used duende for the dark, overwhelming force that can seize a singer, dancer or poet during a performance and make an audience feel a shiver of something beyond skill. In English the word is mostly used by critics and musicians writing about flamenco, though it can describe the same charged quality in other arts. It is not simple talent or technique but something closer to raw, almost frightening feeling.
How DUENDE is used
Literary and used mainly by writers on music and dance; still felt as a foreign word rather than fully native English.
- The flamenco singer's voice had a raw duende that silenced the room.
- Critics said the young guitarist played with technique but not yet duende.
- Lorca's essay tried to explain duende as a force that could not be taught.
- Some dancers spend a lifetime chasing the elusive duende in a performance.
- The documentary followed musicians searching for duende in the back streets of Seville.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUENDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUENDE
The 6 tiles of DUENDE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DUENDE
1 longer words begin with DUENDE.
Shorter words from the letters in DUENDE
Common questions about DUENDE
- Is DUENDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUENDE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUENDE worth?
- DUENDE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUENDE mean?
- A quality of intense passion and inspiration that seizes a performer, especially in flamenco music and dance.
- What letters can be added to DUENDE?
- DUENDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DUENDE:
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