ENCORE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ENCORE 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 ENCORE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENCORE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENCORE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENCORE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENCORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 31,357.
What stands out about ENCORE
- ENCORE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ENCORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An additional performance given in response to an audience's demand for more, or the call for such a performance.
An encore happens after the scheduled show has technically ended, when applause or shouting persuades the performers to return for one more song, scene, or piece. The word doubles as the shout itself, so an audience calling out encore is both requesting the extra performance and naming it, and English borrowed the whole habit, along with the French word for again, largely intact. In practice, most encores are planned in advance by the performers, even though they are staged to look spontaneous.
How ENCORE is used
Used as a noun for the extra performance and, less often now, as a verb meaning to call for one.
- The crowd's cheering brought the band back for a second encore.
- She had prepared one encore in case the audience asked for more.
- The pianist treated the encore as a chance to play something lighter.
- After three curtain calls, the theater finally got its encore.
- The singer joked that the encore was really the whole reason people stayed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENCORE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENCORE
2 longer words begin with ENCORE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENCORE
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Common questions about ENCORE
- Is ENCORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENCORE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENCORE worth?
- ENCORE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENCORE mean?
- An additional performance given in response to an audience's demand for more, or the call for such a performance.
- What letters can be added to ENCORE?
- ENCORE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENCORE:
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