LONGUEUR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LONGUEUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LONGUEUR?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LONGUEUR is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LONGUEUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
longueursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LONGUEUR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LONGUEUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LONGUEUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LONGUEUR
- LONGUEUR runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LONGUEUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A long and tedious passage in a book, play or piece of music.
Longueur is borrowed from French and used by critics for stretches where a work slows and loses attention. It can refer to a single dull section or, more loosely, to a period of boredom. Reviewers often say a novel is brilliant apart from a few longueurs.
How LONGUEUR is used
Longueur is a literary word, and the plural longueurs is the form most often seen.
- The novel has a longueur in its middle chapters.
- Critics forgave the opera its occasional longueur.
- A long longueur sank the second act.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LONGUEUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LONGUEUR
1 longer words begin with LONGUEUR.
Shorter words from the letters in LONGUEUR
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Common questions about LONGUEUR
- Is LONGUEUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LONGUEUR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LONGUEUR worth?
- LONGUEUR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LONGUEUR mean?
- A long and tedious passage in a book, play or piece of music.
- What letters can be added to LONGUEUR?
- LONGUEUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LONGUEUR:
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