PORTAMENTO is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PORTAMENTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORTAMENTO?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORTAMENTO is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORTAMENTO
No single letter turns PORTAMENTO into another word.
How PORTAMENTO scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PORTAMENTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PORTAMENTO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PORTAMENTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A smooth slide of the voice or an instrument from one note to another without a break between them.
Singers and violinists use portamento to give a phrase a yearning, flowing feel. Too much of it can sound old-fashioned, so modern players apply it sparingly.
How PORTAMENTO is used
A musical term borrowed from Italian; the plural is portamenti or portamentos.
- The violinist slid up to the high note with a delicate portamento.
- Her portamento made the old song sound tender.
- Many synthesisers have a portamento control for gliding between pitches.
- The conductor asked the strings to avoid portamento in the Mozart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORTAMENTO and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PORTAMENTO
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Common questions about PORTAMENTO
- Is PORTAMENTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORTAMENTO, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORTAMENTO worth?
- PORTAMENTO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORTAMENTO mean?
- A smooth slide of the voice or an instrument from one note to another without a break between them.
- What letters can be added to PORTAMENTO?
- No single letter can be added to PORTAMENTO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PORTAMENTO:
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