CACODYL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CACODYL 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 CACODYL?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACODYL is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACODYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cacodylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CACODYL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CACODYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What does CACODYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A poisonous, foul-smelling liquid made of arsenic, carbon and hydrogen.
Cacodyl ignites spontaneously in air and has an odour so bad that its name comes from a Greek word for stinking. Nineteenth-century chemists studied cacodyl closely.
How CACODYL is used
Cacodyl appears in the history of chemistry and in dictionaries of chemical terms.
- Early chemists handled cacodyl with great fear.
- The smell of cacodyl is intensely unpleasant.
- Cacodyl catches fire when exposed to air.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACODYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CACODYL
The 7 tiles of CACODYL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CACODYL
2 longer words begin with CACODYL.
Shorter words from the letters in CACODYL
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Common questions about CACODYL
- Is CACODYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACODYL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACODYL worth?
- CACODYL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACODYL mean?
- A poisonous, foul-smelling liquid made of arsenic, carbon and hydrogen.
- What letters can be added to CACODYL?
- CACODYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CACODYL:
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