WAYANG is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WAYANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAYANG?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAYANG is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAYANG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wayangsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAYANG scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WAYANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does WAYANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional Indonesian form of theatre in which puppets or human dancers act out stories.
Wayang comes from Javanese and is best known for shadow-puppet plays, in which flat leather figures are moved behind a lit screen while a single puppeteer speaks all the parts. The tales usually draw on old Hindu epics and local legends, and a performance can last through the night. Versions with carved wooden puppets or with costumed dancers exist too, and the art is recognised as part of Indonesian cultural heritage.
How WAYANG is used
A loanword used mainly when discussing Indonesian and Malay performing arts.
- We watched a wayang that lasted until dawn.
- The wayang puppets were cut from buffalo hide and painted with gold.
- She studied wayang in Yogyakarta for two years.
- A single puppeteer voiced every character in the wayang.
- The museum has a gallery devoted to the wayang of Java and Bali.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAYANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAYANG
1 longer words begin with WAYANG.
Shorter words from the letters in WAYANG
Common questions about WAYANG
- Is WAYANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAYANG, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAYANG worth?
- WAYANG is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAYANG mean?
- A traditional Indonesian form of theatre in which puppets or human dancers act out stories.
- What letters can be added to WAYANG?
- WAYANG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WAYANG:
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