RONDEL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RONDEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RONDEL?
| 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 RONDEL 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 RONDEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rondelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RONDEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RONDEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,558.
What does RONDEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A short fixed verse form of thirteen or fourteen lines built on two rhymes, in which the opening line or couplet returns later as a refrain.
A rondel is closely related to the rondeau, and the two names are sometimes used loosely for the same family of repeating-refrain poems. What sets a rondel apart is the return of its opening two lines: they reappear as the seventh and eighth lines and again at the very end, so the poem's beginning becomes its own frame. Poets favor the form for its musical, circling effect, since the repeated lines gather new meaning each time they come back. The word rondel can also name a small round architectural feature, such as a circular window or tower, though the verse form is the sense most readers meet.
How RONDEL is used
A literary term, mostly encountered in discussions of medieval and Renaissance French-influenced poetry.
- The poet closed the rondel with the same two lines that had opened it.
- Her collection included a rondel written in memory of her grandmother.
- Students were asked to compose a rondel using only two rhyming sounds.
- Medieval French court poets often performed a rondel to musical accompaniment.
- The professor explained how a rondel differs from an ordinary rondeau.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RONDEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RONDEL
5 longer words begin with RONDEL.
Shorter words from the letters in RONDEL
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Common questions about RONDEL
- Is RONDEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RONDEL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RONDEL worth?
- RONDEL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RONDEL mean?
- A short fixed verse form of thirteen or fourteen lines built on two rhymes, in which the opening line or couplet returns later as a refrain.
- What letters can be added to RONDEL?
- RONDEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RONDEL:
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