CANITIES is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANITIES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANITIES?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANITIES is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANITIES
No single letter turns CANITIES into another word.
How CANITIES scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANITIES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANITIES has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANITIES mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The turning grey or white of the hair, especially through age or loss of pigment.
Doctors use the Latin-derived canities in formal descriptions of greying hair, whether it comes with age or earlier through illness or stress. Everyday speech simply says greying.
How CANITIES is used
A rare medical term for hair losing its colour.
- The doctor noted early canities in the young patient.
- Canities can run in families, appearing before thirty.
- The report discussed canities as a sign of ageing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANITIES and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANITIES
The 8 tiles of CANITIES in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CANITIES
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Common questions about CANITIES
- Is CANITIES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANITIES, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANITIES worth?
- CANITIES is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANITIES mean?
- The turning grey or white of the hair, especially through age or loss of pigment.
- What letters can be added to CANITIES?
- No single letter can be added to CANITIES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANITIES:
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