CALAMITY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CALAMITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALAMITY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALAMITY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALAMITY
No single letter turns CALAMITY into another word.
How CALAMITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CALAMITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALAMITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALAMITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sudden event that causes great harm, loss or distress.
A calamity is bigger than a mishap: floods, fires and wars all qualify. The word stresses the scale of the suffering and the shock of its arrival.
How CALAMITY is used
Used for disasters of any scale, literal or exaggerated.
- The earthquake was a calamity for the whole region.
- Losing the harvest was a calamity for the family.
- He treated a burnt dinner as a calamity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALAMITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CALAMITY
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Common questions about CALAMITY
- Is CALAMITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALAMITY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALAMITY worth?
- CALAMITY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALAMITY mean?
- A sudden event that causes great harm, loss or distress.
- What letters can be added to CALAMITY?
- No single letter can be added to CALAMITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CALAMITY:
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