HABANERA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HABANERA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HABANERA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HABANERA is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HABANERA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
habanerasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HABANERA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HABANERA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HABANERA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HABANERA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A slow, sensual Cuban dance in duple time, or the music written for it.
The habanera takes its name from Havana and spread to Spain and France in the nineteenth century. Its swaying, syncopated rhythm is the backbone of a famous aria in Bizet's Carmen.
How HABANERA is used
Used in music and dance writing for both the dance and its characteristic rhythm.
- The orchestra opened the evening with a lively habanera.
- She danced a slow habanera across the polished floor.
- The habanera rhythm gives the piece its languid sway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HABANERA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HABANERA
1 longer words begin with HABANERA.
Shorter words from the letters in HABANERA
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Common questions about HABANERA
- Is HABANERA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HABANERA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HABANERA worth?
- HABANERA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HABANERA mean?
- A slow, sensual Cuban dance in duple time, or the music written for it.
- What letters can be added to HABANERA?
- HABANERA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HABANERA:
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