VILLANELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VILLANELLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VILLANELLA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VILLANELLA is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VILLANELLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
villanellasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VILLANELLA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in VILLANELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 4 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VILLANELLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about VILLANELLA
- The letter L appears four times in VILLANELLA.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VILLANELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
musichistorical
A light Italian part-song of the sixteenth century, in a deliberately rustic style, or an old country dance with singing.
The villanella began in Naples as a playful answer to the refined madrigal, with simple harmonies and a lively beat. Its name points to the village, which is the world it pretended to come from.
How VILLANELLA is used
Villanella is a term from music history, and it should not be confused with the poetic form villanelle.
- The choir sang a villanella from sixteenth-century Naples.
- A villanella is lighter and cruder than a madrigal.
- The lutenist accompanied a bouncing villanella.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VILLANELLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VILLANELLA
1 longer words begin with VILLANELLA.
Shorter words from the letters in VILLANELLA
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Common questions about VILLANELLA
- Is VILLANELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VILLANELLA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VILLANELLA worth?
- VILLANELLA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VILLANELLA mean?
- A light Italian part-song of the sixteenth century, in a deliberately rustic style, or an old country dance with singing.
- What letters can be added to VILLANELLA?
- VILLANELLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of VILLANELLA:
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