CANTABILE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CANTABILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANTABILE?
| 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 CANTABILE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANTABILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cantabilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANTABILE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CANTABILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANTABILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANTABILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
In a smooth, flowing style that imitates singing.
Composers write cantabile above a melody to ask players to make an instrument sing. It also names a passage played that way, as opposed to a showy or rhythmic one.
How CANTABILE is used
The word cantabile is an Italian direction found in musical scores.
- The slow movement is marked cantabile.
- The cellist played the cantabile theme with warmth.
- A cantabile line opens the sonata.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANTABILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANTABILE
1 longer words begin with CANTABILE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANTABILE
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Common questions about CANTABILE
- Is CANTABILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANTABILE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANTABILE worth?
- CANTABILE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANTABILE mean?
- In a smooth, flowing style that imitates singing.
- What letters can be added to CANTABILE?
- CANTABILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CANTABILE:
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