SENZA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. SENZA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SENZA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENZA is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENZA
No single letter turns SENZA into another word.
How SENZA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SENZA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does SENZA mean in Scrabble?
preposition
music
Without, used in Italian musical directions attached to a performance instruction.
The Italian word senza appears in scores and performance notes borrowed directly into English, most often paired with another term such as senza sordino, meaning without the mute, or senza rigore, meaning without strictness of tempo. Musicians keep senza in the original Italian rather than translating it, because the whole phrase is treated as a single instruction. Senza itself does no work alone; it always modifies another Italian musical term that follows it, telling the performer what to leave out. English writing about music keeps senza rather than translating it as without.
How SENZA is used
Found mainly in music scores and writing about music, always joined to another Italian term.
- The score marks the passage senza vibrato.
- He played the phrase senza pedal, letting each note ring clearly.
- The conductor asked for the chorus senza accompaniment.
- Senza sordino tells the horn player to remove the mute.
- The programme notes explain what senza rigore means for tempo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENZA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SENZA
The 5 tiles of SENZA in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SENZA
Common questions about SENZA
- Is SENZA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SENZA is not in it.
- How many points is SENZA worth?
- SENZA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENZA mean?
- Without, used in Italian musical directions attached to a performance instruction.
- What letters can be added to SENZA?
- No single letter can be added to SENZA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SENZA:
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