STANZA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. STANZA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STANZA?
| 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 STANZA is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STANZA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stanzasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STANZA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STANZA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does STANZA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A group of lines forming a recurring unit in a poem.
Each stanza usually follows the same pattern of rhyme and rhythm as the others. Readers often compare it to a paragraph in prose, though a stanza is shaped by sound rather than by ideas.
How STANZA is used
Used when discussing poems and songs, where verses are separated by a blank line.
- The poem has five stanzas of four lines each, and each stanza rhymes.
- Read the first stanza aloud.
- Every stanza ends with the same refrain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STANZA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STANZA
The 6 tiles of STANZA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with STANZA
3 longer words begin with STANZA.
Shorter words from the letters in STANZA
Common questions about STANZA
- Is STANZA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STANZA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STANZA worth?
- STANZA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STANZA mean?
- A group of lines forming a recurring unit in a poem.
- What letters can be added to STANZA?
- STANZA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STANZA:
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