CABOCHED is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CABOCHED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CABOCHED?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CABOCHED is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CABOCHED
No single letter turns CABOCHED into another word.
How CABOCHED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CABOCHED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CABOCHED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CABOCHED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
heraldry
Shown in heraldry as an animal's head seen full face with no neck visible.
This term from coats of arms is applied to the heads of stags, bulls and similar beasts. A caboched head appears cut off just behind the face, so only the front is seen.
How CABOCHED is used
A specialist heraldic term, usually with the head of a stag.
- The crest shows a caboched stag in gold.
- A caboched bull's head fills the shield.
- The arms are described as a caboched deer on a blue field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CABOCHED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CABOCHED
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Common questions about CABOCHED
- Is CABOCHED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CABOCHED, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CABOCHED worth?
- CABOCHED is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CABOCHED mean?
- Shown in heraldry as an animal's head seen full face with no neck visible.
- What letters can be added to CABOCHED?
- No single letter can be added to CABOCHED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CABOCHED:
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