ETUDE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ETUDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETUDE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETUDE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETUDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
etudesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETUDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ETUDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,883.
What stands out about ETUDE
- ETUDE 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 ETUDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A short musical composition written mainly to help a performer practice and master a particular technical skill, though many have also become admired concert pieces.
Piano students work through etudes to build specific skills such as finger independence, rapid scales, or evenly balanced chords, since each etude usually isolates one technical challenge and repeats it in different patterns. Composers such as Chopin and Liszt wrote etudes so imaginative and demanding that pianists now perform many of them in concert purely for their musical beauty, not simply as practice material. The word comes directly from the French word for study, and other instruments, from violin to guitar, have their own well-known collections of etudes written for exactly the same purpose. A student working through a full book of etudes gradually develops a technical range that ordinary pieces alone rarely demand all at once.
How ETUDE is used
A term from classical music, used for exercises aimed at technique and, informally, for any piece that develops a specific skill.
- The teacher assigned a new etude to strengthen the student's left hand.
- Chopin's etudes remain a standard test of a pianist's technical skill.
- She practiced the same etude every morning before breakfast.
- The recital included an etude originally written purely as a study.
- Guitarists often work through a set of etudes to build finger speed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETUDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ETUDE
1 longer words begin with ETUDE.
Words ending in ETUDE
8 words end in ETUDE. Useful as a back hook: play ETUDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ETUDE inside
8 words contain ETUDE in the middle. Words that start with ETUDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ETUDE
Common questions about ETUDE
- Is ETUDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETUDE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETUDE worth?
- ETUDE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETUDE mean?
- A short musical composition written mainly to help a performer practice and master a particular technical skill, though many have also become admired concert pieces.
- What letters can be added to ETUDE?
- ETUDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ETUDE:
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