CACOPHONY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. CACOPHONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CACOPHONY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACOPHONY is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACOPHONY
No single letter turns CACOPHONY into another word.
How CACOPHONY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CACOPHONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CACOPHONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CACOPHONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A harsh, jarring mixture of loud sounds.
A cacophony is noise without harmony, such as car horns, shouting and drills all at once. Poets sometimes use cacophony on purpose, with clashing consonants, to make a line sound rough.
How CACOPHONY is used
Used for unpleasant noise in general, and for harsh sound effects in writing and music.
- A cacophony of horns filled the street at rush hour.
- The orchestra tuning up created a cacophony before the concert began.
- We woke to a cacophony of birds at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACOPHONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CACOPHONY
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Common questions about CACOPHONY
- Is CACOPHONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACOPHONY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACOPHONY worth?
- CACOPHONY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACOPHONY mean?
- A harsh, jarring mixture of loud sounds.
- What letters can be added to CACOPHONY?
- No single letter can be added to CACOPHONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CACOPHONY:
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