ARCADE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ARCADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCADE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCADE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCADE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARCADE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARCADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does ARCADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A row of arches carried on columns, or a covered walkway lined with shops.
The word began in architecture, where it named a run of arches standing side by side, either open to the air or set against a wall as decoration. It then spread to the roofed passages of small shops found in many old city centres. In the twentieth century the same word was given to halls of coin-operated games, because those halls were often housed in such passages. Context normally makes clear which sense of arcade is meant.
How ARCADE is used
Common in everyday English for shopping passages and for game halls, and in technical writing for the arched structure.
- The old arcade kept its tiled floor and glass roof.
- We sheltered from the rain under the arcade of the town hall.
- He spent his pocket money at the arcade by the pier.
- A long arcade of stone arches ran along the cloister.
- The arcade cabinet still worked after forty years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCADE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCADE
2 longer words begin with ARCADE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCADE
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Common questions about ARCADE
- Is ARCADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCADE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCADE worth?
- ARCADE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCADE mean?
- A row of arches carried on columns, or a covered walkway lined with shops.
- What letters can be added to ARCADE?
- ARCADE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARCADE:
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