SONORITY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SONORITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SONORITY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SONORITY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SONORITY
No single letter turns SONORITY into another word.
How SONORITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SONORITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SONORITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SONORITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of having a full, deep and resonant sound.
Musicians praise the sonority of a cello or a choir when the tone fills a hall. Phoneticians borrow sonority to rank speech sounds by how loud and carrying they are, with vowels at the top.
How SONORITY is used
Sonority is used for voices, instruments, speech sounds and rich prose.
- The sonority of the organ filled the cathedral.
- He read the poem with great sonority.
- Vowels have more sonority than most consonants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SONORITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SONORITY
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Common questions about SONORITY
- Is SONORITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SONORITY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SONORITY worth?
- SONORITY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SONORITY mean?
- The quality of having a full, deep and resonant sound.
- What letters can be added to SONORITY?
- No single letter can be added to SONORITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SONORITY:
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