TENOR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TENOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENOR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENOR is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tenorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TENOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,631.
What stands out about TENOR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TENOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
The second-highest standard singing voice for an adult male, between baritone and alto or countertenor.
Tenor comes from the Latin word for holding, because in early polyphonic music the tenor part held the main melody while other voices moved around it. That older sense survives in an unrelated everyday phrase, the tenor of a conversation, meaning its general drift or direction rather than anything musical. An instrument such as a saxophone or trombone can also be called tenor when it sits in the same middle-to-high range as the voice. Both the musical and the general sense stay in active use, and context alone tells a reader which one is meant.
How TENOR is used
Countable for the voice or the singer; also used to describe the general drift of a discussion or document.
- He trained for years before his tenor voice was ready for opera.
- The tenor of the meeting turned hostile after the second question.
- She plays tenor saxophone in a small jazz group.
- Two tenors and a baritone shared the lead roles in the opera.
- Nothing in the tenor of his letter suggested he planned to resign.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TENOR
The 5 tiles of TENOR in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with TENOR
14 longer words begin with TENOR.
Words ending in TENOR
2 words end in TENOR. Useful as a back hook: play TENOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with TENOR inside
2 words contain TENOR in the middle. Words that start with TENOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TENOR
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Common questions about TENOR
- Is TENOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENOR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENOR worth?
- TENOR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENOR mean?
- The second-highest standard singing voice for an adult male, between baritone and alto or countertenor.
- What letters can be added to TENOR?
- TENOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TENOR:
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