CANTILLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CANTILLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANTILLATE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANTILLATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANTILLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANTILLATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CANTILLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANTILLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANTILLATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To chant or recite a text with a musical intonation, especially in Jewish worship.
Readers cantillate the Torah according to traditional melodic signs written above the words. The verb applies to any sacred text chanted rather than spoken, though it is most closely tied to Hebrew scripture.
How CANTILLATE is used
Religious and scholarly; cantillate is rare outside synagogue and musicology writing.
- The cantor began to cantillate the weekly portion.
- Students learn to cantillate using the traditional signs.
- Monks would cantillate the psalms at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANTILLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANTILLATE
2 longer words begin with CANTILLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANTILLATE
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Common questions about CANTILLATE
- Is CANTILLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANTILLATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANTILLATE worth?
- CANTILLATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANTILLATE mean?
- To chant or recite a text with a musical intonation, especially in Jewish worship.
- What letters can be added to CANTILLATE?
- CANTILLATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CANTILLATE:
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