GAVOTTE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GAVOTTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAVOTTE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAVOTTE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAVOTTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAVOTTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GAVOTTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 205,859.
What does GAVOTTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A moderately paced French country dance, popular in the eighteenth century, or a piece of music written in its rhythm.
The dance starts on the third beat of a bar in common time, which gives the music its characteristic lilt. Composers often placed a gavotte inside longer suites, so the word turns up in concert programmes as well as dance histories. The word can also be used as a verb for performing the dance.
How GAVOTTE is used
Used in discussions of baroque music, historical dance and period costume drama.
- The orchestra played a stately gavotte before the interval.
- She learned the steps of the gavotte for the costume ball.
- A gavotte often appears between the sarabande and the final jig of a suite.
- The pianist chose a lively gavotte as an encore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAVOTTE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAVOTTE
2 longer words begin with GAVOTTE.
Shorter words from the letters in GAVOTTE
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Common questions about GAVOTTE
- Is GAVOTTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAVOTTE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAVOTTE worth?
- GAVOTTE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAVOTTE mean?
- A moderately paced French country dance, popular in the eighteenth century, or a piece of music written in its rhythm.
- What letters can be added to GAVOTTE?
- GAVOTTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GAVOTTE:
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