MONOCHORD is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MONOCHORD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOCHORD?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONOCHORD is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOCHORD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
monochordsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MONOCHORD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MONOCHORD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOCHORD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOCHORD mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
An instrument with a single stretched string over a sounding box, used to study musical pitch.
By sliding a movable bridge along the string, a player of the monochord can measure how pitch relates to length. Ancient Greek theorists used it to demonstrate the ratios behind musical intervals. It was a tool for study more than for performance.
How MONOCHORD is used
Monochord is found in histories of music and acoustics.
- The teacher plucked the monochord to show how a shorter string sounds higher.
- Medieval scholars measured intervals on the monochord.
- A replica monochord stood in the museum of early instruments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOCHORD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MONOCHORD
1 longer words begin with MONOCHORD.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOCHORD
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Common questions about MONOCHORD
- Is MONOCHORD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOCHORD, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOCHORD worth?
- MONOCHORD is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOCHORD mean?
- An instrument with a single stretched string over a sounding box, used to study musical pitch.
- What letters can be added to MONOCHORD?
- MONOCHORD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MONOCHORD:
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