LYONNAISE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LYONNAISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LYONNAISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LYONNAISE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYONNAISE
No single letter turns LYONNAISE into another word.
How LYONNAISE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LYONNAISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LYONNAISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LYONNAISE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Describing food, especially sliced potatoes, cooked with fried onions in the style of the French city of Lyon.
The lyonnaise style of cooking leans on onions softened slowly in butter or oil. It usually follows the noun, as in potatoes lyonnaise, in the French way.
How LYONNAISE is used
Lyonnaise turns up on menus and in recipes, usually after the dish it describes.
- The restaurant served pork with potatoes lyonnaise.
- A lyonnaise sauce is built on golden onions.
- He fried the sliced potatoes in the lyonnaise manner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYONNAISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about LYONNAISE
- Is LYONNAISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LYONNAISE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LYONNAISE worth?
- LYONNAISE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYONNAISE mean?
- Describing food, especially sliced potatoes, cooked with fried onions in the style of the French city of Lyon.
- What letters can be added to LYONNAISE?
- No single letter can be added to LYONNAISE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LYONNAISE:
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