dancehall
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 9
Definition of dancehall
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable)A public hall for dancing.
“Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.”
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noun
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(countable)A public hall for dancing.
“Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.”
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(uncountable)A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.
“It sounded Jamaican to me, a form of dancehall, and […] I wandered over and watched the dancing.”
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Etymology
From dance + hall.
Words you can make from dancehall
143 playable · top: LANCHED (13 pts)
Best play lanched 13 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
31 words- ACHED 11 pts
- DACHA 11 pts
- CHANA 10 pts
- CHELA 10 pts
- HANCE 10 pts
- LANCH 10 pts
- LEACH 10 pts
- AAHED 9 pts
- AHEAD 9 pts
- HADAL 9 pts
- HALED 9 pts
- ACNED 8 pts
- CANED 8 pts
- CLADE 8 pts
- DANCE 8 pts
- DECAL 8 pts
- DECAN 8 pts
- HALAL 8 pts
- LACED 8 pts
- LAHAL 8 pts
- CALLA 7 pts
- CANAL 7 pts
- CELLA 7 pts
- CLEAN 7 pts
- LANCE 7 pts
- ALAND 6 pts
- ELAND 6 pts
- LADEN 6 pts
- LADLE 6 pts
- NALED 6 pts
- ALANE 5 pts
4-letter words
45 words- CHAD 10 pts
- ACHE 9 pts
- EACH 9 pts
- LECH 9 pts
- AHED 8 pts
- DAHL 8 pts
- DHAL 8 pts
- HADE 8 pts
- HAED 8 pts
- HAND 8 pts
- HEAD 8 pts
- HELD 8 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CLAD 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HALL 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- HELL 7 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- CALL 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CELL 6 pts
- CLAN 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DELL 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LAND 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- LEND 5 pts
- NADA 5 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
- ANAL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- NALA 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- DAH 7 pts
- EDH 7 pts
- HAD 7 pts
- AAH 6 pts
- AHA 6 pts
- CAD 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
2-letter words
17 wordsHooks
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