ZINGARA is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ZINGARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZINGARA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZINGARA is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZINGARA
No single letter turns ZINGARA into another word.
How ZINGARA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ZINGARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 457,463.
What does ZINGARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
An Italian word for a female Gypsy.
Zingara is the feminine partner of zingaro and appears chiefly in older writing and in word lists. The Italian plural is zingare, which this entry does not treat separately.
How ZINGARA is used
Zingara is a rare borrowed noun, and modern writers normally choose the term Romani instead.
- A zingara sat by the road with her children.
- The story mentions a dark-eyed zingara from Italy.
- Many tales mention a zingara who wandered from town to town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZINGARA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZINGARA
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Common questions about ZINGARA
- Is ZINGARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZINGARA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZINGARA worth?
- ZINGARA is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZINGARA mean?
- An Italian word for a female Gypsy.
- What letters can be added to ZINGARA?
- No single letter can be added to ZINGARA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ZINGARA:
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