NOUVELLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NOUVELLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOUVELLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOUVELLE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOUVELLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nouvellesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOUVELLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NOUVELLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOUVELLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NOUVELLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A prose tale longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.
A nouvelle usually keeps a single storyline and a small cast, which gives it a tight, focused shape. Writers like it for ideas too big for a short story yet too slight for a full novel. The French word also appears in nouvelle cuisine.
How NOUVELLE is used
Used in literary criticism and publishing, borrowed from French.
- Her latest book is a nouvelle of about ninety pages.
- The prize rewards a nouvelle rather than a full novel.
- He turned the idea into a tense nouvelle set on a ship.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOUVELLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOUVELLE
1 longer words begin with NOUVELLE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOUVELLE
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Common questions about NOUVELLE
- Is NOUVELLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOUVELLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOUVELLE worth?
- NOUVELLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOUVELLE mean?
- A prose tale longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.
- What letters can be added to NOUVELLE?
- NOUVELLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NOUVELLE:
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