ARCANE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ARCANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCANE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCANE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCANE
No single letter turns ARCANE into another word.
How ARCANE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARCANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does ARCANE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Understood or known by only a few people, and often kept deliberately secret or obscure.
Arcane fits knowledge that is technically available but so specialised, old or hidden away that almost nobody outside a narrow circle actually grasps it. Writers reach for arcane when a rule, ritual or piece of jargon feels less like a simple secret and more like a whole hidden system with its own logic. Tax codes, ancient rituals and obscure areas of law all attract the word, since each rewards years of study most people never undertake. Its Latin root, arca, meaning a chest or box, hints at knowledge locked away rather than merely difficult.
How ARCANE is used
A common word for describing obscure, specialised knowledge or rules; used in both formal and everyday writing.
- The tax form referred to some arcane clause few accountants understood.
- He collects arcane facts about medieval trade routes.
- The ritual followed arcane rules passed down for generations.
- Lawyers argued over an arcane point of procedure.
- She found the software's settings menu needlessly arcane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCANE
3 longer words begin with ARCANE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCANE
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Common questions about ARCANE
- Is ARCANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCANE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCANE worth?
- ARCANE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCANE mean?
- Understood or known by only a few people, and often kept deliberately secret or obscure.
- What letters can be added to ARCANE?
- No single letter can be added to ARCANE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARCANE:
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