STENTORIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STENTORIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STENTORIAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STENTORIAN is to know. It scores 10 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STENTORIAN
No single letter turns STENTORIAN into another word.
How STENTORIAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in STENTORIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STENTORIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STENTORIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Extremely loud and powerful, especially of a voice.
The word comes from Stentor, a herald in the Iliad famed for his shout. Writers reach for stentorian when a voice carries over crowds or machinery without any strain.
How STENTORIAN is used
Stentorian is literary and almost always modifies a voice or a call.
- The sergeant gave his orders in stentorian tones.
- A stentorian shout silenced the playground.
- The auctioneer's stentorian voice filled the hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STENTORIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in STENTORIAN
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Common questions about STENTORIAN
- Is STENTORIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STENTORIAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STENTORIAN worth?
- STENTORIAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STENTORIAN mean?
- Extremely loud and powerful, especially of a voice.
- What letters can be added to STENTORIAN?
- No single letter can be added to STENTORIAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of STENTORIAN:
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