NONDANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NONDANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONDANCE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONDANCE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONDANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NONDANCE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NONDANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONDANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONDANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A performance or series of movements that is not recognised as dance.
Choreographers use nondance to describe deliberately plain movements, such as walking or standing, that are staged as art. As an adjective it describes something unrelated to dancing.
How NONDANCE is used
Nondance is a critic word from contemporary dance and performance art.
- The piece was pure nondance: forty minutes of walking.
- Critics argued whether this nondance counted as choreography.
- The nondance event had no music at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONDANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NONDANCE
The 8 tiles of NONDANCE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NONDANCE
3 longer words begin with NONDANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in NONDANCE
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Common questions about NONDANCE
- Is NONDANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONDANCE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONDANCE worth?
- NONDANCE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONDANCE mean?
- A performance or series of movements that is not recognised as dance.
- What letters can be added to NONDANCE?
- NONDANCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NONDANCE:
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