SPLENDOR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SPLENDOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLENDOR?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLENDOR is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLENDOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
splendorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPLENDOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPLENDOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPLENDOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPLENDOR
- All 8 letters of SPLENDOR are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPLENDOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
Magnificent and impressive beauty, brilliance or grandeur.
Splendor is what visitors feel on entering a palace or watching a sunset over mountains. It combines brightness with richness, and the word is often found in travel writing and descriptions of ceremonies.
How SPLENDOR is used
Splendor is the American spelling; the British form ends in -our.
- The splendor of the cathedral left the tourists silent.
- They dined in royal splendor.
- The autumn forest glowed with splendor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLENDOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPLENDOR
2 longer words begin with SPLENDOR.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLENDOR
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Common questions about SPLENDOR
- Is SPLENDOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLENDOR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLENDOR worth?
- SPLENDOR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLENDOR mean?
- Magnificent and impressive beauty, brilliance or grandeur.
- What letters can be added to SPLENDOR?
- SPLENDOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPLENDOR:
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