NUANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NUANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUANCE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUANCE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUANCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NUANCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NUANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does NUANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A subtle difference or shade of meaning, feeling, tone, or color.
A nuance is small enough that it can be easy to miss, yet large enough to change how a sentence, a performance, or a color is understood, such as the nuance between annoyed and furious. Critics and translators pay special attention to nuance because a single word can carry a shade of meaning that a literal substitute loses entirely. The word can also work as a verb, meaning to give something such subtle shading, though the noun use is far more common in ordinary writing.
How NUANCE is used
Common in writing about language, art, music, and criticism, describing subtle shades of meaning or expression.
- The translator struggled to preserve every nuance of the original poem.
- A skilled actor can convey a nuance of doubt with a single glance.
- The wine critic described a faint nuance of smoke in the aftertaste.
- Their disagreement turned on a nuance of wording rather than a real difference of opinion.
- The painter mixed the colors to capture every nuance of the evening sky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUANCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NUANCE
2 longer words begin with NUANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in NUANCE
Common questions about NUANCE
- Is NUANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUANCE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUANCE worth?
- NUANCE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUANCE mean?
- A subtle difference or shade of meaning, feeling, tone, or color.
- What letters can be added to NUANCE?
- NUANCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NUANCE:
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