CADAVERIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CADAVERIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CADAVERIC?
| 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 CADAVERIC is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CADAVERIC
No single letter turns CADAVERIC into another word.
How CADAVERIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CADAVERIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CADAVERIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CADAVERIC
- CADAVERIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CADAVERIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or resembling a corpse, or to the changes that follow death.
Doctors speak of cadaveric rigidity, the stiffening of muscles after death. The word is clinical and precise, unlike the looser cadaverous, which describes a ghastly, gaunt look. A cadaveric specimen in a medical school is one taken from a body.
How CADAVERIC is used
Used in medicine and pathology for things connected with dead bodies.
- The pathologist noted cadaveric spasm in the victim's hand.
- Students studied cadaveric tissue under the microscope.
- A cadaveric donor kidney was flown in for the operation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CADAVERIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CADAVERIC
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Common questions about CADAVERIC
- Is CADAVERIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CADAVERIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CADAVERIC worth?
- CADAVERIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CADAVERIC mean?
- Relating to or resembling a corpse, or to the changes that follow death.
- What letters can be added to CADAVERIC?
- No single letter can be added to CADAVERIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CADAVERIC:
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