RITARD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RITARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RITARD?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RITARD is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RITARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ritardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RITARD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RITARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,880.
What does RITARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A gradual slowing of musical tempo, or the passage in a score where this slowing occurs.
Ritard is the shortened, everyday form of the Italian ritardando, and conductors, teachers, and performers use it constantly in rehearsal because it is quicker to say than the full term. A composer marks a ritard in the score to signal that the music should ease gradually rather than stop abruptly, often near the end of a phrase or a piece. Musicians sometimes use ritard loosely as a verb in casual talk, saying a section should ritard into the final chord, even though its formal part of speech is a noun. Outside music the word almost never appears, since its meaning is tied specifically to tempo and performance.
How RITARD is used
A specialist music term, common in rehearsal and performance instructions but rare outside musical contexts.
- The conductor marked a ritard just before the final cadence.
- She slowed the pianist down with a hand gesture indicating a ritard.
- The score calls for a long ritard leading into the coda.
- Young musicians sometimes overdo the ritard at the end of a piece.
- A subtle ritard gave the closing phrase a gentle, settled feeling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RITARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RITARD
4 longer words begin with RITARD.
Shorter words from the letters in RITARD
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Common questions about RITARD
- Is RITARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RITARD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RITARD worth?
- RITARD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RITARD mean?
- A gradual slowing of musical tempo, or the passage in a score where this slowing occurs.
- What letters can be added to RITARD?
- RITARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RITARD:
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