SFORZANDO is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. SFORZANDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SFORZANDO?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SFORZANDO is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SFORZANDO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sforzandosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SFORZANDO scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SFORZANDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SFORZANDO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SFORZANDO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
music
A musical direction, abbreviated sf or sfz, telling the performer to hit a note or chord with a sudden forceful accent.
Composers mark a passage sforzando, often abbreviated sf, to make a note burst out sharply from the music around it. As a noun it names the accented note itself, which a pianist hits hard and then lets fade.
How SFORZANDO is used
The word sforzando is an Italian performance direction found on printed scores.
- The pianist struck the chord sforzando and let it ring.
- The score asks for a sforzando at the start of the bar.
- A sudden sforzando startled the sleepy audience.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SFORZANDO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SFORZANDO
The 9 tiles of SFORZANDO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SFORZANDO
1 longer words begin with SFORZANDO.
Shorter words from the letters in SFORZANDO
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Common questions about SFORZANDO
- Is SFORZANDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SFORZANDO, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SFORZANDO worth?
- SFORZANDO is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SFORZANDO mean?
- A musical direction, abbreviated sf or sfz, telling the performer to hit a note or chord with a sudden forceful accent.
- What letters can be added to SFORZANDO?
- SFORZANDO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SFORZANDO:
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