CANFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CANFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANFUL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANFUL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANFUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
canfulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANFUL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CANFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does CANFUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
As much as fits in a can, used in recipes and paint instructions where the can itself serves as the measure.
Words ending in ful name a measure by the container, as with spoonful and bucketful, and canful follows the same habit for tins and metal cans. It turns up mostly in recipes, painting and gardening, where a quantity is given by what a familiar can contains rather than in litres. The plural is canfuls, not cansful.
How CANFUL is used
Informal measure; plural canfuls.
- Pour a canful of water over the seedlings.
- He emptied a whole canful of paint onto the tray.
- The recipe calls for one canful of tomatoes.
- A canful of oil was enough to free the rusty hinge.
- They carried a canful of nails up the ladder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANFUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANFUL
1 longer words begin with CANFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in CANFUL
Common questions about CANFUL
- Is CANFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANFUL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANFUL worth?
- CANFUL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANFUL mean?
- As much as fits in a can, used in recipes and paint instructions where the can itself serves as the measure.
- What letters can be added to CANFUL?
- CANFUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANFUL:
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