ORGANUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ORGANUM 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 ORGANUM?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORGANUM is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORGANUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
organumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORGANUM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ORGANUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does ORGANUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
An early type of polyphonic music in which a voice part is sung above or below a plainsong melody.
Organum marks an early step toward harmony in medieval church music, when a second line first accompanied a chant. The same word also names a method of philosophical or scientific inquiry, a sense usually written as organon.
How ORGANUM is used
Used in music history for early medieval part-singing built on chant.
- The choir performed a medieval organum.
- Organum adds a second voice to the plainsong.
- Students analysed an early organum in class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORGANUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORGANUM
1 longer words begin with ORGANUM.
Shorter words from the letters in ORGANUM
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Common questions about ORGANUM
- Is ORGANUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORGANUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORGANUM worth?
- ORGANUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORGANUM mean?
- An early type of polyphonic music in which a voice part is sung above or below a plainsong melody.
- What letters can be added to ORGANUM?
- ORGANUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ORGANUM:
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