CADENT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CADENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CADENT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CADENT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CADENT
No single letter turns CADENT into another word.
How CADENT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CADENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about CADENT
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CADENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Having a regular rhythm or cadence; also, falling.
The word is an adjective built from the same Latin root as cadence, the idea being of a voice or line of music falling away at its close. Poets and critics use cadent for verse that moves with a steady, musical beat. It is rare in speech and is mostly seen in literary description or older writing.
How CADENT is used
Literary and uncommon; found in criticism of verse and music.
- The poem has a cadent, almost sung quality.
- His cadent sentences seemed to rise and fall like waves.
- She read the cadent lines slowly aloud.
- The cadent rhythm of the oars filled the evening.
- Critics praised the cadent prose of the early chapters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CADENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CADENT
The 6 tiles of CADENT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CADENT
1 longer words begin with CADENT.
Shorter words from the letters in CADENT
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Common questions about CADENT
- Is CADENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CADENT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CADENT worth?
- CADENT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CADENT mean?
- Having a regular rhythm or cadence; also, falling.
- What letters can be added to CADENT?
- No single letter can be added to CADENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CADENT:
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