PASSACAGLIA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PASSACAGLIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PASSACAGLIA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PASSACAGLIA is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PASSACAGLIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
passacagliasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PASSACAGLIA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PASSACAGLIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 4 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PASSACAGLIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PASSACAGLIA
- The letter A appears four times in PASSACAGLIA.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PASSACAGLIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A slow piece of music in triple time built on a bass line that repeats throughout.
The passacaglia began as a Spanish and Italian dance and grew into a form for composers such as Bach. Above the repeating bass, the upper parts keep changing, which gives the piece its steady, rising force.
How PASSACAGLIA is used
Used in classical music for both the dance and the variation form.
- The organist closed the concert with a passacaglia.
- Bach's famous passacaglia rests on a short repeating bass.
- The orchestra played a passacaglia with a haunting theme.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PASSACAGLIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PASSACAGLIA
1 longer words begin with PASSACAGLIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PASSACAGLIA
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Common questions about PASSACAGLIA
- Is PASSACAGLIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PASSACAGLIA, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PASSACAGLIA worth?
- PASSACAGLIA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PASSACAGLIA mean?
- A slow piece of music in triple time built on a bass line that repeats throughout.
- What letters can be added to PASSACAGLIA?
- PASSACAGLIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PASSACAGLIA:
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