Is CANING valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANING, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is CANING worth?

CANING is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to CANING?

CANING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

CANING is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points

Yes. CANING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.

c3a1n1i1n1g2

PlayableCANING · 6 letters · 9 pts Scrabble · 13 pts WWF

9points in Scrabble

13points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 163,519odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept CANING?

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: 31 / 100

31WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

5.83%

Our own measure of how useful CANING is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for CANING

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

canings10

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How CANING scores

Scrabble c3a1n1i1n1g2 9

Words with Friends c4a1n2i1n2g3 13

Face value of the 6 tiles in CANING, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
c	1	2
a	1	9
n	2	6
i	1	9
g	1	3

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 163,519.

Words starting with CANING

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1 longer words begin with CANING.

Shorter words from the letters in CANING

acing8 ingan6 cang7 cain6 cann6 agin5 gain5 ginn5 nang5 ngai5 nain4 cag6 cig6 can5 gan4 gin4 ing4 nag4 ain3 ani3 ann3 inn3 nai3 nan3 ag3 gi3 ai2 an2 in2 na2

Common questions about CANING

Is CANING valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANING, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is CANING worth?: CANING is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to CANING?: CANING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANING:

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