CAFE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CAFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAFE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAFE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAFE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cafesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAFE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CAFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does CAFE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small restaurant serving light meals.
Cafe is French for coffee, so the drink named the building rather than the other way round. English keeps the accent about half the time and pronounces the word in at least three different ways.
How CAFE is used
Countable. Often printed with an accent.
- The word cafe is French for coffee.
- A cafe with four tables and one very slow kettle.
- English says cafe three ways and accepts all of them.
- A cafe is named after the drink and not the reverse.
- Two cafes on one street and a queue outside neither.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAFE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAFE
The 4 tiles of CAFE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAFE
8 longer words begin with CAFE.
Words ending in CAFE
1 words end in CAFE. Useful as a back hook: play CAFE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAFE inside
1 words contain CAFE in the middle. Words that start with CAFE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAFE
Common questions about CAFE
- Is CAFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAFE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAFE worth?
- CAFE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAFE mean?
- A small restaurant serving light meals.
- What letters can be added to CAFE?
- CAFE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CAFE:
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