BARRICADE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BARRICADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARRICADE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARRICADE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARRICADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARRICADE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BARRICADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARRICADE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARRICADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hastily built barrier put across a street or entrance to block or slow movement.
Protesters and soldiers have built barricades from carts, furniture and paving stones, and the image is tied to street uprisings in history. As a verb the word describes blocking a door or passage, or shutting oneself in.
How BARRICADE is used
Used as a noun for the barrier itself and as a verb meaning to block or shut in.
- The crowd built a barricade across the road with overturned cars.
- Police removed the barricade at dawn.
- She decided to barricade the door with a heavy wardrobe.
- Workers put a barricade around the open hole.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARRICADE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARRICADE
4 longer words begin with BARRICADE.
Shorter words from the letters in BARRICADE
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Common questions about BARRICADE
- Is BARRICADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARRICADE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARRICADE worth?
- BARRICADE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARRICADE mean?
- A hastily built barrier put across a street or entrance to block or slow movement.
- What letters can be added to BARRICADE?
- BARRICADE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BARRICADE:
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