VOLTA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. VOLTA 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 VOLTA?
| 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 VOLTA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLTA
No single letter turns VOLTA into another word.
How VOLTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VOLTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does VOLTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmusic
A lively Italian dance for couples in triple time, popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which the man lifts his partner off the ground.
The volta was a fast-paced court dance in which partners turned closely together, its name coming from the Italian word for a turn, and it was considered daring in its day for the close hold and the lift that punctuated each turn. It was danced widely at European courts, including that of Elizabeth the First of England, before falling out of fashion. In music, the same Italian word also labels the numbered endings of a repeated passage, marked prima volta and seconda volta in a score, showing which ending to play the first and second time through.
How VOLTA is used
Historical dance term, and separately a musical direction for repeated passages with different endings.
- Dancers at the court performed the volta with practised turns and lifts.
- The queen was said to enjoy dancing the volta despite its scandalous reputation.
- Music historians reconstructed the steps of the volta from old manuals.
- The score marked prima volta above the first ending of the passage.
- The orchestra played the seconda volta on the repeat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VOLTA
The 5 tiles of VOLTA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VOLTA
10 longer words begin with VOLTA.
Words ending in VOLTA
1 words end in VOLTA. Useful as a back hook: play VOLTA onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOLTA inside
7 words contain VOLTA in the middle. Words that start with VOLTA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLTA
Common questions about VOLTA
- Is VOLTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOLTA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOLTA worth?
- VOLTA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLTA mean?
- A lively Italian dance for couples in triple time, popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which the man lifts his partner off the ground.
- What letters can be added to VOLTA?
- No single letter can be added to VOLTA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VOLTA:
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