CANID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CANID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANID?
| 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 CANID is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
canidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CANID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about CANID
- 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 CANID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A mammal of the dog family, Canidae, which includes dogs, wolves, foxes, and jackals.
Canid is a working term from zoology, built the same way as other family-level names such as felid for the cat family, and it lets a biologist talk about the whole group without listing every species. All canids share a similar skull and dentition adapted for both chasing and gripping prey, even though the family ranges from a tiny fennec fox to a full-grown wolf. Outside biology the word is rarely used, since dog, fox, and wolf already cover the everyday cases.
How CANID is used
Countable and technical: a canid, several canids. Mainly found in zoology rather than everyday speech.
- The fossil belonged to an early canid the size of a small dog.
- Every canid in the study shared the same skull shape.
- Wolves, foxes, and jackals are all canids.
- The zoo displayed its canid enclosure near the entrance.
- Researchers tracked the canid population across the whole reserve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANID
The 5 tiles of CANID in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CANID
1 longer words begin with CANID.
Shorter words from the letters in CANID
Common questions about CANID
- Is CANID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANID worth?
- CANID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANID mean?
- A mammal of the dog family, Canidae, which includes dogs, wolves, foxes, and jackals.
- What letters can be added to CANID?
- CANID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CANID:
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