CAFARD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAFARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAFARD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAFARD is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAFARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cafardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAFARD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAFARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does CAFARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A state of gloomy restlessness or deep low spirits.
Cafard was borrowed from French, where it originally meant a cockroach and then a hypocrite, before taking on the sense of a black mood. French soldiers stationed in the Sahara used it for the madness of heat, isolation and boredom, and English writers took it over for a heavy, aimless melancholy. It is a bookish word that gives a literary shade to ordinary sadness.
How CAFARD is used
Literary and uncommon; a French loanword used for effect.
- A fit of cafard settled on him after the long winter.
- The garrison fell prey to cafard in the empty desert.
- She wrote of the cafard that came with grey November days.
- No amount of company could lift his cafard.
- The novel opens with a traveller sunk in cafard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAFARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAFARD
1 longer words begin with CAFARD.
Shorter words from the letters in CAFARD
Common questions about CAFARD
- Is CAFARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAFARD, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAFARD worth?
- CAFARD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAFARD mean?
- A state of gloomy restlessness or deep low spirits.
- What letters can be added to CAFARD?
- CAFARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAFARD:
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