NOYADE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NOYADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOYADE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOYADE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOYADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
noyadesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOYADE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NOYADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does NOYADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A mass execution by drowning.
The word names one particular episode: the drownings at Nantes in 1793, when prisoners were put into boats that were then sunk under them. It entered English almost at once and has never been used of anything else, which makes a noyade one of the few words tied to a single set of events.
How NOYADE is used
Countable: a noyade, two noyades. Historical.
- The noyade at Nantes gave the word to English.
- Historians disagree about how many died in the noyades.
- A noyade needed no scaffold and left no record.
- The word noyade has never been applied to anything later.
- Accounts of the noyade were used against the men who ordered it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOYADE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOYADE
1 longer words begin with NOYADE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOYADE
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Common questions about NOYADE
- Is NOYADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOYADE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOYADE worth?
- NOYADE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOYADE mean?
- A mass execution by drowning.
- What letters can be added to NOYADE?
- NOYADE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NOYADE:
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