CANEH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CANEH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CANEH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANEH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANEH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
canehsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANEH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CANEH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about CANEH
- The same 5 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 CANEH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ancient Hebrew measure of length equal to six cubits.
A caneh was used in the ancient Near East to measure buildings and land, roughly the length of a tall reed held upright, which is why the unit and the plant that gave it its shape share a related root. It survives today only in translations and studies of biblical measurement, never in everyday speech.
How CANEH is used
Historical; appears mainly in biblical scholarship and discussions of ancient units, not in modern conversation.
- The temple wall was measured in caneh rather than in modern feet.
- A caneh equalled six cubits in the old reckoning.
- Scholars still convert a caneh into metric units when describing the ruins.
- The scribe recorded the courtyard as forty caneh wide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANEH and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANEH
The 5 tiles of CANEH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CANEH
1 longer words begin with CANEH.
Shorter words from the letters in CANEH
Common questions about CANEH
- Is CANEH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CANEH is not in it.
- How many points is CANEH worth?
- CANEH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANEH mean?
- An ancient Hebrew measure of length equal to six cubits.
- What letters can be added to CANEH?
- CANEH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CANEH:
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