CANTATA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CANTATA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANTATA?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANTATA is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANTATA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cantatasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANTATA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CANTATA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,059 thousand.
What does CANTATA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A musical work for solo voices and often a choir, accompanied by instruments, usually with several movements.
Bach wrote hundreds of church cantata pieces for each Sunday of the year. A cantata is shorter than an oratorio and generally needs no staging, unlike an opera.
How CANTATA is used
Used in classical music, both sacred and secular.
- The choir will perform a Bach cantata on Sunday.
- The composer wrote a cantata for the king's birthday.
- Her solo in the cantata won praise from critics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANTATA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANTATA
1 longer words begin with CANTATA.
Shorter words from the letters in CANTATA
Common questions about CANTATA
- Is CANTATA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANTATA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANTATA worth?
- CANTATA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANTATA mean?
- A musical work for solo voices and often a choir, accompanied by instruments, usually with several movements.
- What letters can be added to CANTATA?
- CANTATA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CANTATA:
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