FIORITURA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FIORITURA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIORITURA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIORITURA is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIORITURA
No single letter turns FIORITURA into another word.
How FIORITURA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FIORITURA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FIORITURA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FIORITURA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A florid embellishment added to a melody by a singer or player.
A fioritura decorates a tune with quick runs and trills, often improvised on the spot. The Italian word means flowering, which fits the way the ornament blossoms around the notes.
How FIORITURA is used
Fioritura is a musical term, with plural fioriture, used of vocal ornament in opera.
- The soprano added a dazzling fioritura to the final phrase.
- Every fioritura in the aria was perfectly in tune.
- The conductor asked for less fioritura and more simplicity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIORITURA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FIORITURA
Showing 40 of 131. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about FIORITURA
- Is FIORITURA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIORITURA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIORITURA worth?
- FIORITURA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIORITURA mean?
- A florid embellishment added to a melody by a singer or player.
- What letters can be added to FIORITURA?
- No single letter can be added to FIORITURA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FIORITURA:
Open FIORITURA in the Word Finder