MONODICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MONODICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONODICAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONODICAL is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONODICAL
No single letter turns MONODICAL into another word.
How MONODICAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MONODICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONODICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONODICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Relating to a monody, or written for a single voice with simple accompaniment.
Monodical music keeps the melody in one part rather than weaving several voices together as polyphony does. The word also describes a poem that mourns a loss in the voice of one speaker. Early opera grew out of this monodical style.
How MONODICAL is used
Used in music history and in discussion of elegiac poetry.
- Early seventeenth-century Italian song was often monodical, with a lute beneath the voice.
- The poem has a monodical quality, as if one mourner alone were speaking.
- A monodical line is easy to follow because nothing competes with it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONODICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MONODICAL
1 longer words begin with MONODICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in MONODICAL
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Common questions about MONODICAL
- Is MONODICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONODICAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONODICAL worth?
- MONODICAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONODICAL mean?
- Relating to a monody, or written for a single voice with simple accompaniment.
- What letters can be added to MONODICAL?
- No single letter can be added to MONODICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MONODICAL:
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