SCHERZO is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. SCHERZO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCHERZO?
| 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: 62 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCHERZO is to know. It scores 21 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCHERZO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scherzosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCHERZO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SCHERZO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,737 thousand.
What does SCHERZO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A lively, playful piece of music, often a fast movement of a symphony or sonata.
The word is Italian for joke, and a scherzo usually replaced the slower minuet in classical works. Beethoven made it brisker and wittier, and later composers used it for sudden mood shifts. Plural forms are scherzos and scherzi.
How SCHERZO is used
Used in music criticism and concert programmes.
- The scherzo bursts in after the solemn first movement.
- Beethoven turned the scherzo into a fast and witty movement.
- The orchestra played the scherzo at a dazzling speed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCHERZO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCHERZO
1 longer words begin with SCHERZO.
Shorter words from the letters in SCHERZO
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Common questions about SCHERZO
- Is SCHERZO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCHERZO, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCHERZO worth?
- SCHERZO is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCHERZO mean?
- A lively, playful piece of music, often a fast movement of a symphony or sonata.
- What letters can be added to SCHERZO?
- SCHERZO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SCHERZO:
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