CACAO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CACAO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CACAO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACAO is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACAO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cacaosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CACAO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CACAO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does CACAO mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The seed of a tropical tree, or the tree itself, from which cocoa and chocolate are made.
Cacao trees grow pods containing seeds, or beans, that are fermented, dried, and roasted to produce cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and eventually chocolate. The word comes from the Nahuatl cacahuatl and passed into Spanish and then English following contact with Mesoamerican cultures. Cacao is sometimes distinguished from cocoa in specialty use, with cacao referring to the less processed bean or tree.
How CACAO is used
Countable and uncountable noun; often seen in compounds such as cacao bean, cacao pod, and cacao tree.
- Farmers harvested ripe cacao pods from the shaded trees.
- The chocolate maker sources cacao directly from small growers.
- Ancient Mesoamericans used cacao beans as a form of currency.
- Roasting brings out the deep flavor of the cacao.
- The plantation grows both cacao and coffee side by side.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACAO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CACAO
1 longer words begin with CACAO.
Shorter words from the letters in CACAO
Common questions about CACAO
- Is CACAO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACAO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACAO worth?
- CACAO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACAO mean?
- The seed of a tropical tree, or the tree itself, from which cocoa and chocolate are made.
- What letters can be added to CACAO?
- CACAO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CACAO:
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