CANCEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANCEL 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 CANCEL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANCEL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANCEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cancelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANCEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CANCEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does CANCEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To call off something planned, or to make an agreement, order or debt no longer valid.
A host can cancel a party, a customer can cancel an order, and a bank can cancel a debt. The word is also used for marking a ticket or stamp so that it cannot be reused, and in mathematics for removing a factor that appears on both sides of an equation. It comes from a Latin word meaning to cross out with lattice-like lines, which is how scribes once voided a document.
How CANCEL is used
Common everywhere; British writers double the l in cancelled, American writers often write canceled.
- They had to cancel the picnic when the rain began.
- You may cancel your subscription at any time.
- The post office will cancel the stamp with a wavy line.
- In the fraction the two threes cancel each other.
- The airline decided to cancel all evening flights.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANCEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANCEL
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with CANCEL.
Shorter words from the letters in CANCEL
Common questions about CANCEL
- Is CANCEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANCEL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANCEL worth?
- CANCEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANCEL mean?
- To call off something planned, or to make an agreement, order or debt no longer valid.
- What letters can be added to CANCEL?
- CANCEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANCEL:
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