SONNETEER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SONNETEER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SONNETEER?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SONNETEER is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SONNETEER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sonneteersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SONNETEER scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SONNETEER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SONNETEER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SONNETEER mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A poet who writes sonnets, sometimes used with a hint of mild contempt for a minor one.
A sonneteer works within the strict fourteen-line form. The word was sometimes sneered at in earlier centuries, though it now simply names such a poet.
How SONNETEER is used
Used in literary history and criticism, as in Elizabethan sonneteers.
- The young sonneteer filled a notebook with love poems.
- Shakespeare is the most famous English sonneteer.
- Every sonneteer must manage the turn in the ninth line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SONNETEER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SONNETEER
3 longer words begin with SONNETEER.
Shorter words from the letters in SONNETEER
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Common questions about SONNETEER
- Is SONNETEER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SONNETEER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SONNETEER worth?
- SONNETEER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SONNETEER mean?
- A poet who writes sonnets, sometimes used with a hint of mild contempt for a minor one.
- What letters can be added to SONNETEER?
- SONNETEER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SONNETEER:
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