NOVELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NOVELLA 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 NOVELLA?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOVELLA is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOVELLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOVELLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NOVELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does NOVELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short novel or long short story, longer and more complex than a short story.
A novella sits between the short story and the full novel, with room for a single strong plot but not many subplots. Publishers and prize committees often treat it as its own category because of its length.
How NOVELLA is used
Used in literary talk for a prose work too long for a short story yet shorter than a novel.
- The novella can be read in a single evening.
- She wrote a novella about a lighthouse keeper.
- The magazine serialised a novella over three issues.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOVELLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOVELLA
2 longer words begin with NOVELLA.
Shorter words from the letters in NOVELLA
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Common questions about NOVELLA
- Is NOVELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOVELLA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOVELLA worth?
- NOVELLA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOVELLA mean?
- A short novel or long short story, longer and more complex than a short story.
- What letters can be added to NOVELLA?
- NOVELLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NOVELLA:
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