VIOLA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. VIOLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIOLA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIOLA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIOLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
violasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIOLA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIOLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does VIOLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A stringed instrument of the violin family, larger than a violin and tuned a fifth lower, held under the chin and played with a bow.
The viola sits between the violin and the cello in size and pitch, giving orchestral music its warmer, middle-range voice. Its slightly larger body and lower tuning let it carry inner harmony lines that the brighter violin cannot reach as comfortably. The same word, taken from Latin, also names Viola, the large genus of flowering plants that includes pansies and many kinds of violet, though the musical sense is the more familiar one.
How VIOLA is used
Standard term in music for the instrument; the plant sense is chiefly used by botanists and gardeners.
- She has played the viola in the orchestra for ten years.
- The quartet needs a viola to balance the two violins and cello.
- His viola has a deeper, richer tone than a violin.
- The music shop repaired the crack in her viola.
- A solo viola opened the second movement of the symphony.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIOLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VIOLA
The 5 tiles of VIOLA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VIOLA
19 longer words begin with VIOLA.
Words ending in VIOLA
1 words end in VIOLA. Useful as a back hook: play VIOLA onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIOLA inside
19 words contain VIOLA in the middle. Words that start with VIOLA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIOLA
Common questions about VIOLA
- Is VIOLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIOLA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIOLA worth?
- VIOLA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIOLA mean?
- A stringed instrument of the violin family, larger than a violin and tuned a fifth lower, held under the chin and played with a bow.
- What letters can be added to VIOLA?
- VIOLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIOLA:
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