CACTUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CACTUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CACTUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACTUS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACTUS
No single letter turns CACTUS into another word.
How CACTUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CACTUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does CACTUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A fleshy, usually spiny desert plant that stores water in its thick stem and has no ordinary leaves.
Cacti are native to the dry regions of the Americas, where their ribbed stems swell after rain and shrink slowly as the plant uses the water it has stored. The spines are reduced leaves and protect the plant from animals while also shading its surface. The plural can be cacti or cactuses, and many species are grown as houseplants because they need so little care.
How CACTUS is used
Everyday and botanical; the plural cacti is more common in careful writing.
- A tall cactus stood alone on the red hillside.
- She watered the cactus only once a month.
- The cactus produced a bright pink flower in June.
- Be careful, the cactus spines are sharper than they look.
- He kept a small cactus on the office windowsill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACTUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CACTUS
1 longer words begin with CACTUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CACTUS
Common questions about CACTUS
- Is CACTUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACTUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACTUS worth?
- CACTUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACTUS mean?
- A fleshy, usually spiny desert plant that stores water in its thick stem and has no ordinary leaves.
- What letters can be added to CACTUS?
- No single letter can be added to CACTUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CACTUS:
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