NASCENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NASCENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NASCENCE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NASCENCE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NASCENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nascencesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NASCENCE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NASCENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NASCENCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NASCENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
rareliterary
The moment or process of coming into existence; a birth or beginning.
Writers reach for nascence when they want a more solemn word than birth, especially for ideas, movements or institutions. It is far rarer than the related adjective nascent, which describes something just starting to form.
How NASCENCE is used
Nascence appears mostly in formal or literary prose about the start of something abstract.
- The essay traces the nascence of the printing trade in the city.
- Scholars disagree about the exact nascence of the movement.
- In its nascence the project had no funding and no name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NASCENCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NASCENCE
1 longer words begin with NASCENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in NASCENCE
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Common questions about NASCENCE
- Is NASCENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NASCENCE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NASCENCE worth?
- NASCENCE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NASCENCE mean?
- The moment or process of coming into existence; a birth or beginning.
- What letters can be added to NASCENCE?
- NASCENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NASCENCE:
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