CAMBOGIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CAMBOGIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAMBOGIA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAMBOGIA is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAMBOGIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cambogiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAMBOGIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAMBOGIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAMBOGIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAMBOGIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A yellow gum resin, better known as gamboge, obtained from certain tropical trees.
Cambogia takes its name from Cambodia, where the resin was long collected. Painters used it as a yellow pigment and herbalists as a purgative. The name also appears in the label of a fruit-extract supplement.
How CAMBOGIA is used
Used in pigment history and in plant names.
- The old paint box held a lump of cambogia.
- Cambogia gave the watercolour its rich yellow.
- A supplement made from Garcinia cambogia is sold in many shops.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAMBOGIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAMBOGIA
1 longer words begin with CAMBOGIA.
Shorter words from the letters in CAMBOGIA
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Common questions about CAMBOGIA
- Is CAMBOGIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAMBOGIA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAMBOGIA worth?
- CAMBOGIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAMBOGIA mean?
- A yellow gum resin, better known as gamboge, obtained from certain tropical trees.
- What letters can be added to CAMBOGIA?
- CAMBOGIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAMBOGIA:
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