ENFILADE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ENFILADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENFILADE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENFILADE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENFILADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENFILADE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENFILADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENFILADE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ENFILADE
- ENFILADE 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 ENFILADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Gunfire sweeping along a line from end to end, or a row of rooms with doors in alignment.
A military enfilade rakes the length of a trench or column rather than hitting it from the front, which makes it deadly. In grand palaces an enfilade is a suite of rooms whose doorways line up to give a long view.
How ENFILADE is used
Used in military history and in architecture; it is also a verb.
- The trench was caught in an enfilade of machine guns.
- A long enfilade of salons led to the throne room.
- The architect planned an enfilade through the whole wing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENFILADE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENFILADE
2 longer words begin with ENFILADE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENFILADE
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Common questions about ENFILADE
- Is ENFILADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENFILADE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENFILADE worth?
- ENFILADE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENFILADE mean?
- Gunfire sweeping along a line from end to end, or a row of rooms with doors in alignment.
- What letters can be added to ENFILADE?
- ENFILADE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENFILADE:
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