CABRIOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CABRIOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CABRIOLE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CABRIOLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CABRIOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CABRIOLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CABRIOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CABRIOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CABRIOLE
- All 8 letters of CABRIOLE are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CABRIOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A curved furniture leg that swells outward at the knee and tapers down to a foot, or a leap in ballet in which one leg beats against the other.
The cabriole leg defined much furniture of the eighteenth century, especially chairs and tables in the Queen Anne and rococo styles. In dance, the same name goes to a jump where the legs strike together in the air.
How CABRIOLE is used
Used in antique furniture description and in ballet vocabulary.
- The table stood on four elegant cabriole legs.
- The dancer finished the phrase with a high cabriole.
- A carved shell decorated the knee of each cabriole.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CABRIOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CABRIOLE
The 8 tiles of CABRIOLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CABRIOLE
3 longer words begin with CABRIOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CABRIOLE
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Common questions about CABRIOLE
- Is CABRIOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CABRIOLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CABRIOLE worth?
- CABRIOLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CABRIOLE mean?
- A curved furniture leg that swells outward at the knee and tapers down to a foot, or a leap in ballet in which one leg beats against the other.
- What letters can be added to CABRIOLE?
- CABRIOLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CABRIOLE:
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