CADENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CADENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CADENCE?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CADENCE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CADENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CADENCE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CADENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123 thousand.
What does CADENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The rise and fall of the voice or the rhythmic flow of sounds, or a sequence of chords ending a musical phrase.
Cadence describes the pattern of a speaker's voice, the beat of marching feet or the flow of a line of poetry. In music it has a precise meaning: the chord progression that brings a phrase to a rest, like punctuation.
How CADENCE is used
Cadence is used in speech, poetry and music, usually for rhythm or an ending.
- The preacher spoke in a slow, steady cadence.
- The piece closes with a perfect cadence.
- Soldiers marched to the cadence of the drum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CADENCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CADENCE
2 longer words begin with CADENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in CADENCE
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Common questions about CADENCE
- Is CADENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CADENCE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CADENCE worth?
- CADENCE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CADENCE mean?
- The rise and fall of the voice or the rhythmic flow of sounds, or a sequence of chords ending a musical phrase.
- What letters can be added to CADENCE?
- CADENCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CADENCE:
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