TENUTO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TENUTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENUTO?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENUTO is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENUTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tenutosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TENUTO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TENUTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,492.
What does TENUTO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Describing a note or chord that is played and held for its full written value, or slightly longer, without separation from the next note.
Musical scores use tenuto as an instruction to the performer, usually shown by a short horizontal line above or below a note head. It tells the player to sustain the note fully rather than shortening it, which gives a passage marked tenuto a smoother, more connected feel than a normal articulation. The same word also names the mark itself, so a musician might say a passage carries several tenuto marks.
How TENUTO is used
Used mainly in written music and in discussions of performance technique, rarely outside a musical context.
- The conductor asked for a tenuto touch on the final chord.
- A tenuto line over the note meant the pianist held it a fraction longer.
- Every tenuto marking in the score called for a full, sustained tone.
- She played the phrase tenuto, connecting each note smoothly.
- The score used tenuto dashes to distinguish held notes from staccato ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENUTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TENUTO
1 longer words begin with TENUTO.
Shorter words from the letters in TENUTO
Common questions about TENUTO
- Is TENUTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENUTO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENUTO worth?
- TENUTO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENUTO mean?
- Describing a note or chord that is played and held for its full written value, or slightly longer, without separation from the next note.
- What letters can be added to TENUTO?
- TENUTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TENUTO:
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