CANAILLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANAILLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANAILLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANAILLE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANAILLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
canaillesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANAILLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANAILLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANAILLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CANAILLE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 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 CANAILLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The common people, regarded with contempt; the rabble.
Borrowed straight from French, canaille carries a snobbish edge and appears in older novels where aristocrats look down on a crowd. Today it is mostly an affectation or a quotation from the past.
How CANAILLE is used
A literary and dated word of contempt, used of crowds or lower classes.
- The duke wanted nothing to do with the canaille outside his gates.
- In the novel, the canaille gathered to jeer at the carriage.
- She dismissed the party guests as common canaille.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANAILLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANAILLE
The 8 tiles of CANAILLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CANAILLE
1 longer words begin with CANAILLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANAILLE
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Common questions about CANAILLE
- Is CANAILLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANAILLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANAILLE worth?
- CANAILLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANAILLE mean?
- The common people, regarded with contempt; the rabble.
- What letters can be added to CANAILLE?
- CANAILLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANAILLE:
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