HEMIOLA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HEMIOLA 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 HEMIOLA?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEMIOLA is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEMIOLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hemiolasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEMIOLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HEMIOLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does HEMIOLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A hemiola is a rhythmic pattern in which two groups of three beats feel like three groups of two.
Composers from the Baroque era to jazz use a hemiola to make a rhythm seem to shift gear before a cadence. The effect is a brief stretch of cross-rhythm.
How HEMIOLA is used
Hemiola is a music-theory word.
- The dance ends with a lively hemiola.
- You can hear the hemiola when the accents suddenly move.
- The conductor asked the strings to bring out the hemiola.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEMIOLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEMIOLA
1 longer words begin with HEMIOLA.
Shorter words from the letters in HEMIOLA
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Common questions about HEMIOLA
- Is HEMIOLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEMIOLA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEMIOLA worth?
- HEMIOLA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEMIOLA mean?
- A hemiola is a rhythmic pattern in which two groups of three beats feel like three groups of two.
- What letters can be added to HEMIOLA?
- HEMIOLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HEMIOLA:
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