twelve-tone system
NOUN
18 LETTERS · STARTS WITH T
twelve-tone system is a valid 18-letter word worth 27 points in Scrabble and 30 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1W4E1L1V4E1-0T1O1N1E1S1Y4S1T1E1M3
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =27 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 54TRIPLE WORD → 81
MEANING
What does twelve-tone system mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row).
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