FONDU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FONDU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FONDU?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FONDU is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FONDU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FONDU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FONDU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does FONDU mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In ballet, a movement in which the body lowers as the supporting knee bends and rises again as it straightens; also a less common spelling of fondue, melted cheese or chocolate served for dipping.
Fondu comes from the French word for melted, and dancers borrowed it for the slow bending-and-rising action of the standing leg, which looks like the body is melting toward the floor and back up. That same French root also produced the everyday dish name fondue, and fondu occasionally shows up as an older or simplified spelling of it in older cookbooks. Which sense is meant is almost never in doubt, since a ballet barre and a dinner table rarely appear in the same sentence.
How FONDU is used
Chiefly a dance term in current use; the food spelling fondue is now far more common than fondu.
- The teacher called out fondu and the whole line bent slowly at the knee.
- Her fondu was so controlled that the movement barely made a sound.
- The old recipe listed a cheese fondu rather than the usual fondue.
- He practiced the fondu until the lowering motion felt completely smooth.
- The choreography linked three fondu movements into one long phrase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FONDU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FONDU
The 5 tiles of FONDU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FONDU
6 longer words begin with FONDU.
Shorter words from the letters in FONDU
Common questions about FONDU
- Is FONDU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FONDU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FONDU worth?
- FONDU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FONDU mean?
- In ballet, a movement in which the body lowers as the supporting knee bends and rises again as it straightens; also a less common spelling of fondue, melted cheese or chocolate served for dipping.
- What letters can be added to FONDU?
- FONDU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FONDU:
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