VIHUELA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VIHUELA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIHUELA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIHUELA is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIHUELA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vihuelasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIHUELA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VIHUELA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does VIHUELA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A plucked stringed instrument of sixteenth-century Spain, shaped like a guitar.
The vihuela was the favourite of Spanish court composers before the guitar took over. It had paired strings like a lute and a body like a guitar, and some players held it like a viol with a bow.
How VIHUELA is used
Vihuela is used by musicians and historians of early music.
- He played a Renaissance song on the vihuela.
- The vihuela fell out of fashion in the seventeenth century.
- A museum in Madrid owns a rare vihuela.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIHUELA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIHUELA
1 longer words begin with VIHUELA.
Shorter words from the letters in VIHUELA
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Common questions about VIHUELA
- Is VIHUELA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIHUELA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIHUELA worth?
- VIHUELA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIHUELA mean?
- A plucked stringed instrument of sixteenth-century Spain, shaped like a guitar.
- What letters can be added to VIHUELA?
- VIHUELA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VIHUELA:
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