MORDENT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MORDENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MORDENT?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MORDENT is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MORDENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mordentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MORDENT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MORDENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 96,496.
What does MORDENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A musical ornament made by quickly playing a note, the note next to it, and the main note again.
Composers of the baroque period often wrote a mordent over a note to add sparkle. A lower mordent dips to the note below, while an upper mordent, also named an inverted mordent, touches the note above. Players must decide how fast to execute a mordent.
How MORDENT is used
Mordent is a term from sheet music and performance teaching.
- The pianist added a quick mordent to the first note.
- A small symbol above the staff marks the mordent.
- Bach used the mordent often in his keyboard pieces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MORDENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MORDENT
1 longer words begin with MORDENT.
Shorter words from the letters in MORDENT
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Common questions about MORDENT
- Is MORDENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MORDENT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MORDENT worth?
- MORDENT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MORDENT mean?
- A musical ornament made by quickly playing a note, the note next to it, and the main note again.
- What letters can be added to MORDENT?
- MORDENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MORDENT:
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