LENTANDO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LENTANDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LENTANDO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LENTANDO is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LENTANDO
No single letter turns LENTANDO into another word.
How LENTANDO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LENTANDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LENTANDO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LENTANDO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
music
A musical direction telling performers to become gradually slower.
Lentando is Italian in origin and appears written above the notes in a score. It asks the player to slow the pace gently rather than stop. It is a close relative of rallentando in meaning.
How LENTANDO is used
Lentando is a performance marking found in printed music, not in ordinary conversation.
- The composer wrote lentando over the final bars.
- The pianist played the passage lentando as marked.
- A lentando ending gave the piece a calm close.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LENTANDO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LENTANDO
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Common questions about LENTANDO
- Is LENTANDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LENTANDO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LENTANDO worth?
- LENTANDO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LENTANDO mean?
- A musical direction telling performers to become gradually slower.
- What letters can be added to LENTANDO?
- No single letter can be added to LENTANDO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LENTANDO:
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