CANTALOUPE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CANTALOUPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANTALOUPE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANTALOUPE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANTALOUPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cantaloupesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANTALOUPE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CANTALOUPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANTALOUPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANTALOUPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A round melon with rough pale skin and sweet orange flesh.
A ripe cantaloupe smells fragrant at the stem end and feels slightly heavy for its size. It is eaten fresh in slices, in fruit salads, or wrapped with ham.
How CANTALOUPE is used
Cantaloupe is the usual spelling in American English.
- She cut a cantaloupe for breakfast.
- A ripe cantaloupe smells sweet.
- The fruit salad had cantaloupe and grapes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANTALOUPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANTALOUPE
1 longer words begin with CANTALOUPE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANTALOUPE
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Common questions about CANTALOUPE
- Is CANTALOUPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANTALOUPE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANTALOUPE worth?
- CANTALOUPE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANTALOUPE mean?
- A round melon with rough pale skin and sweet orange flesh.
- What letters can be added to CANTALOUPE?
- CANTALOUPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CANTALOUPE:
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