MINUET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MINUET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MINUET?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MINUET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MINUET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
minuetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MINUET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MINUET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about MINUET
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MINUET mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A slow, graceful ballroom dance in triple time, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, or a piece of music written in its style.
The minuet developed in the French court and later spread across Europe as a formal couple dance performed with small, measured steps and elegant bows. Composers such as Haydn and Mozart often included a minuet as one movement of a symphony or sonata, keeping its stately triple-time rhythm even when nobody was actually dancing to it. Its formality made it a symbol of aristocratic manners before livelier dances replaced it in fashion.
How MINUET is used
Countable noun, used both for the historical dance itself and for the musical form it inspired.
- The couples opened the ball with a stately minuet.
- The symphony's third movement is a graceful minuet.
- Dance masters once taught the minuet as a mark of good breeding.
- Mozart wrote dozens of minuets for court entertainments.
- The film recreated an eighteenth-century minuet in painstaking detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MINUET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MINUET
The 6 tiles of MINUET in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with MINUET
3 longer words begin with MINUET.
Shorter words from the letters in MINUET
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Common questions about MINUET
- Is MINUET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MINUET, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MINUET worth?
- MINUET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MINUET mean?
- A slow, graceful ballroom dance in triple time, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, or a piece of music written in its style.
- What letters can be added to MINUET?
- MINUET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MINUET:
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