CAHIER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CAHIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAHIER?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAHIER is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAHIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cahiersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAHIER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAHIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about CAHIER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 CAHIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A notebook or exercise book, or a set of loosely gathered sheets, especially one issued as a part of a larger work.
Borrowed straight from French, where it simply means a notebook, the word is rare in everyday English. Historians know it best from the cahiers de doleances of 1789, the lists of grievances that French communities drew up before the Estates General met. A cahier can also be one instalment of a book or journal that was printed and sold in separate parts.
How CAHIER is used
Mostly met in historical writing about France and in publishing, rarely in ordinary conversation.
- Each village sent a cahier listing its complaints about taxes.
- She filled a cahier with sketches during the voyage.
- The third cahier of the journal appeared a month late.
- The schoolboy copied the lesson into his cahier in careful handwriting.
- A single cahier survives from the original printing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAHIER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAHIER
The 6 tiles of CAHIER in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CAHIER
1 longer words begin with CAHIER.
Shorter words from the letters in CAHIER
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Common questions about CAHIER
- Is CAHIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAHIER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAHIER worth?
- CAHIER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAHIER mean?
- A notebook or exercise book, or a set of loosely gathered sheets, especially one issued as a part of a larger work.
- What letters can be added to CAHIER?
- CAHIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAHIER:
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