CACHALOT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CACHALOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CACHALOT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACHALOT is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACHALOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cachalotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CACHALOT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CACHALOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CACHALOT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CACHALOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The sperm whale, a large toothed whale with an oil-filled cavity in its head.
The cachalot dives deep to hunt squid and was once hunted for its oil and for spermaceti. Today the name appears mostly in older books and in French-influenced writing.
How CACHALOT is used
Used in natural history, mainly as an older name.
- A cachalot surfaced beside the research boat.
- Whalers chased the cachalot across the Pacific.
- The cachalot can stay underwater for over an hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACHALOT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CACHALOT
1 longer words begin with CACHALOT.
Shorter words from the letters in CACHALOT
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Common questions about CACHALOT
- Is CACHALOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACHALOT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACHALOT worth?
- CACHALOT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACHALOT mean?
- The sperm whale, a large toothed whale with an oil-filled cavity in its head.
- What letters can be added to CACHALOT?
- CACHALOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CACHALOT:
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