CAESAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CAESAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAESAR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAESAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAESAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caesarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAESAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAESAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does CAESAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalliterary
A title used by Roman emperors after Augustus, and by extension, any powerful autocratic ruler.
The word began as the family name of Julius Caesar, and after his death his successors took caesar as part of their official title, separate from the broader word emperor. Over time caesar broke loose from Rome entirely and passed into other languages as kaiser and tsar, both built from the same root. In English, calling someone a caesar no longer needs any real link to Rome; it simply marks a ruler who holds and uses power without meaningful limits, and the word appears mostly in historical writing and in political comparison.
How CAESAR is used
Chiefly historical and literary, used generically for an autocrat rather than as a specific personal name.
- Historians compared the general's ambitions to those of a caesar.
- The pamphlet warned against letting any modern caesar seize total power.
- Later Roman rulers all took the title of caesar as part of their office.
- Critics called the new chairman a caesar for his total control of the board.
- The word caesar gave rise to both kaiser and tsar in other languages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAESAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAESAR
The 6 tiles of CAESAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAESAR
9 longer words begin with CAESAR.
Shorter words from the letters in CAESAR
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Common questions about CAESAR
- Is CAESAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAESAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAESAR worth?
- CAESAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAESAR mean?
- A title used by Roman emperors after Augustus, and by extension, any powerful autocratic ruler.
- What letters can be added to CAESAR?
- CAESAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAESAR:
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