TONALITY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TONALITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TONALITY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TONALITY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TONALITY
Front hooks — 1
atonalityBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TONALITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TONALITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TONALITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TONALITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
The organisation of music around a central key, or the overall tone and colour scheme of a work of art.
In music, tonality explains why a melody feels anchored to a home note. Composers can strengthen it or loosen it, as modern atonal works do. Painters and photographers borrow the term for the range of tones in a picture.
How TONALITY is used
Used in music theory and in visual arts.
- The symphony begins in a clear tonality before drifting away.
- Critics praised the soft tonality of the photographs.
- Schoenberg moved beyond traditional tonality in his later works.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TONALITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TONALITY
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Common questions about TONALITY
- Is TONALITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TONALITY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TONALITY worth?
- TONALITY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TONALITY mean?
- The organisation of music around a central key, or the overall tone and colour scheme of a work of art.
- What letters can be added to TONALITY?
- TONALITY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TONALITY:
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