CABOSHED is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CABOSHED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CABOSHED?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CABOSHED is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CABOSHED
No single letter turns CABOSHED into another word.
How CABOSHED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CABOSHED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CABOSHED has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CABOSHED
- All 8 letters of CABOSHED are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CABOSHED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
heraldry
Shown full-faced with no neck visible, said of an animal's head on a coat of arms.
A caboshed stag appears on the shield as a head seen straight on, cut off just behind the ears. Only students of heraldry are likely to meet the term.
How CABOSHED is used
Caboshed is a technical heraldic word.
- The crest showed a caboshed bull in silver.
- A stag caboshed was the family emblem.
- The shield is blazoned with three caboshed heads.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CABOSHED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CABOSHED
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Common questions about CABOSHED
- Is CABOSHED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CABOSHED, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CABOSHED worth?
- CABOSHED is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CABOSHED mean?
- Shown full-faced with no neck visible, said of an animal's head on a coat of arms.
- What letters can be added to CABOSHED?
- No single letter can be added to CABOSHED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CABOSHED:
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