CALTROP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CALTROP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALTROP?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALTROP is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALTROP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caltropsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALTROP scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CALTROP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does CALTROP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small iron weapon with four spikes, arranged so that one spike always points upward when it lands on the ground.
Armies scattered a caltrop by the handful to cripple horses and slow advancing troops. The same name belongs to a creeping plant whose hard seed cases carry sharp spines of similar shape.
How CALTROP is used
The word caltrop is used for the military device and for the spiny plant, mostly in historical or botanical contexts.
- Every caltrop in the pile landed with one point facing the sky.
- The retreating cavalry strewed the road with a caltrop for every few paces.
- A caltrop seed head clung to the hiker's boot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALTROP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CALTROP
The 7 tiles of CALTROP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CALTROP
1 longer words begin with CALTROP.
Shorter words from the letters in CALTROP
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Common questions about CALTROP
- Is CALTROP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALTROP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALTROP worth?
- CALTROP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALTROP mean?
- A small iron weapon with four spikes, arranged so that one spike always points upward when it lands on the ground.
- What letters can be added to CALTROP?
- CALTROP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CALTROP:
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