KLANG is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. KLANG is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KLANG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KLANG is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KLANG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
klangsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KLANG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KLANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does KLANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
musictechnical
A single musical tone perceived as one sound although it is actually made up of a fundamental frequency and its harmonics.
A klang is the ordinary complex tone produced by most musical instruments and voices, where the ear fuses a fundamental pitch with a set of quieter overtones into what feels like a single note. The German term klang was borrowed into English acoustics and psychology writing to describe exactly this fused perception, as opposed to a pure, harmonic-free tone from a tuning fork. In psychology the same word gave rise to klang association, where words are linked by how they sound rather than by what they mean. A klang therefore describes how the sound is built, not how loud or how long it lasts.
How KLANG is used
Technical; used in acoustics, music theory and psychology rather than everyday speech.
- A struck piano string produces a klang, not a single pure frequency.
- Psychologists borrowed klang to describe word associations based on sound.
- The tuning fork gave a plain tone, while the violin gave a rich klang.
- Every klang blends a fundamental pitch with its own overtones.
- German acoustics texts use klang where English might just say tone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KLANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KLANG
3 longer words begin with KLANG.
Shorter words from the letters in KLANG
Common questions about KLANG
- Is KLANG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KLANG is not in it.
- How many points is KLANG worth?
- KLANG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KLANG mean?
- A single musical tone perceived as one sound although it is actually made up of a fundamental frequency and its harmonics.
- What letters can be added to KLANG?
- KLANG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KLANG:
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