CANCER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANCER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANCER?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANCER is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANCER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cancersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANCER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CANCER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does CANCER mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious disease in which abnormal cells divide without control and may spread through the body.
Doctors name each kind of cancer after the organ where it begins, such as lung, breast or skin cancer, and treatment can include surgery, drugs and radiation. The word is Latin for crab, a name the ancient Greeks and Romans gave to tumours because swollen veins around them looked like crab legs. In astronomy and astrology Cancer is also the constellation and fourth zodiac sign, and the word is used figuratively for any spreading evil.
How CANCER is used
Capitalised when it means the constellation or the zodiac sign.
- Early tests can catch cancer before any symptoms appear.
- Her grandfather recovered from cancer after a long course of treatment.
- Funds raised at the race go to cancer research.
- Anyone born in July may be a Cancer under the old calendar of signs.
- He called corruption the cancer of the whole system.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANCER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANCER
14 longer words begin with CANCER.
Shorter words from the letters in CANCER
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Common questions about CANCER
- Is CANCER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANCER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANCER worth?
- CANCER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANCER mean?
- A serious disease in which abnormal cells divide without control and may spread through the body.
- What letters can be added to CANCER?
- CANCER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANCER:
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