NAPOLEON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NAPOLEON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAPOLEON?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAPOLEON is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAPOLEON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
napoleonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAPOLEON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NAPOLEON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NAPOLEON has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NAPOLEON
- NAPOLEON begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NAPOLEON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A former French gold coin worth twenty francs.
A napoleon was a coin, named after the ruler whose portrait it bore, and collectors still hunt for good examples. In ordinary use the name now mostly belongs to the emperor himself, written with a capital letter. The lower-case word points to money instead.
How NAPOLEON is used
A historical and numismatic term, seen in coin catalogues and period novels.
- He paid the innkeeper with a gold napoleon.
- A napoleon from the nineteenth century sat in the collector's tray.
- The old napoleon was worth twenty francs when it was struck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAPOLEON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NAPOLEON
3 longer words begin with NAPOLEON.
Shorter words from the letters in NAPOLEON
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Common questions about NAPOLEON
- Is NAPOLEON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAPOLEON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAPOLEON worth?
- NAPOLEON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAPOLEON mean?
- A former French gold coin worth twenty francs.
- What letters can be added to NAPOLEON?
- NAPOLEON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NAPOLEON:
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