PARLANDO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PARLANDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARLANDO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARLANDO is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARLANDO
No single letter turns PARLANDO into another word.
How PARLANDO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PARLANDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARLANDO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARLANDO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Sung or played in a style that imitates the rhythms and delivery of speech.
Composers write parlando over a passage to tell a singer to loosen the melody and let the words lead. It turns up in comic opera, where fast patter needs to sound like quick talking, and in some pop vocals.
How PARLANDO is used
A musical direction, written on scores in Italian form.
- The composer marked the passage parlando to keep it light.
- His parlando delivery made the lyrics sound like gossip.
- The baritone slipped into parlando for the second verse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARLANDO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PARLANDO
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Common questions about PARLANDO
- Is PARLANDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARLANDO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARLANDO worth?
- PARLANDO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARLANDO mean?
- Sung or played in a style that imitates the rhythms and delivery of speech.
- What letters can be added to PARLANDO?
- No single letter can be added to PARLANDO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PARLANDO:
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