WALTZ is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. WALTZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WALTZ?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 WALTZ is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WALTZ
No single letter turns WALTZ into another word.
How WALTZ scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WALTZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does WALTZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A ballroom dance in triple time, or the piece of music written for it.
Couples dancing a waltz glide around the floor in a smooth three-beat rhythm, turning steadily as they move, a style that became hugely popular in the ballrooms of nineteenth-century Europe. Composers such as Strauss wrote waltz after waltz specifically for this turning, three-step pattern.
How WALTZ is used
A common term in both music and dance; also used loosely for the tune itself.
- The band struck up a slow waltz.
- They practised the waltz for weeks before the wedding.
- Strauss composed some of the most famous waltz melodies.
- The couple spun gracefully through the final waltz.
- She hummed a waltz while setting the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WALTZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WALTZ
7 longer words begin with WALTZ.
Shorter words from the letters in WALTZ
Common questions about WALTZ
- Is WALTZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WALTZ, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WALTZ worth?
- WALTZ is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WALTZ mean?
- A ballroom dance in triple time, or the piece of music written for it.
- What letters can be added to WALTZ?
- No single letter can be added to WALTZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WALTZ:
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