ALCADE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ALCADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALCADE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALCADE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALCADE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALCADE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALCADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does ALCADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
In Spain and Spanish-ruled lands, a town magistrate who acts as both mayor and local judge.
The word is a spelling of the Spanish alcalde, borrowed from Arabic al-qadi, the judge. In colonial towns the alcade kept order, heard small disputes and presided over the town council. English travellers and novelists of the nineteenth century wrote about the alcade of a Mexican or Californian settlement as a figure of local authority.
How ALCADE is used
Historical; mostly seen in older writing about Spain and the Spanish Americas.
- The alcade settled the dispute over the well.
- Travellers had to present themselves to the alcade on arrival.
- The village alcade wore a staff of office.
- A new alcade was chosen at the start of the year.
- She wrote a letter of complaint to the alcade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALCADE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALCADE
1 longer words begin with ALCADE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALCADE
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Common questions about ALCADE
- Is ALCADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALCADE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALCADE worth?
- ALCADE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALCADE mean?
- In Spain and Spanish-ruled lands, a town magistrate who acts as both mayor and local judge.
- What letters can be added to ALCADE?
- ALCADE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALCADE:
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