CANTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CANTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANTLE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANTLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANTLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANTLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CANTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about CANTLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CANTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The raised part at the back of a saddle seat, opposite the pommel at the front.
The cantle curves up behind the rider, helping to keep the seat steady and giving something to brace against when the horse turns sharply or stops suddenly. Saddle makers shape it from wood or a rigid tree covered in leather, and its height varies with the type of riding, tall and supportive for western saddles, low and shallow for English jumping saddles. Older, general use of cantle also covered a corner, edge or fragment cut from something, a sense now mostly forgotten outside dictionaries. Riders and saddlers are the people most likely to use the word today, almost always for the saddle part.
How CANTLE is used
Used mainly in riding and saddlery for the raised back edge of a saddle.
- He gripped the cantle as the horse bucked beneath him.
- The old saddle had a high cantle built for long cattle drives.
- She adjusted the bedroll strapped behind the cantle.
- A worn patch of leather showed where riders had leaned against the cantle.
- The saddler stitched new leather over the cracked cantle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANTLE
The 6 tiles of CANTLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CANTLE
4 longer words begin with CANTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANTLE
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Common questions about CANTLE
- Is CANTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANTLE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANTLE worth?
- CANTLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANTLE mean?
- The raised part at the back of a saddle seat, opposite the pommel at the front.
- What letters can be added to CANTLE?
- CANTLE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANTLE:
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