PIANOFORTE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PIANOFORTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIANOFORTE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIANOFORTE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIANOFORTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pianofortesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIANOFORTE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PIANOFORTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PIANOFORTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PIANOFORTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The full name of the piano, a keyboard instrument whose strings are struck by hammers.
The Italian name means soft-loud, pointing to how the early instrument could vary its volume, unlike the harpsichord. Today people almost always shorten it to piano, so pianoforte now sounds formal or historical.
How PIANOFORTE is used
Pianoforte appears in older texts, concert programmes and titles of classical works.
- The sonata was written for pianoforte and violin.
- She learned to play the pianoforte at the age of six.
- An early pianoforte stood in the museum hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIANOFORTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIANOFORTE
The 10 tiles of PIANOFORTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PIANOFORTE
1 longer words begin with PIANOFORTE.
Shorter words from the letters in PIANOFORTE
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Common questions about PIANOFORTE
- Is PIANOFORTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIANOFORTE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIANOFORTE worth?
- PIANOFORTE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIANOFORTE mean?
- The full name of the piano, a keyboard instrument whose strings are struck by hammers.
- What letters can be added to PIANOFORTE?
- PIANOFORTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PIANOFORTE:
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