CANTORIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANTORIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANTORIS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANTORIS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANTORIS
No single letter turns CANTORIS into another word.
How CANTORIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANTORIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANTORIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CANTORIS
- All 8 letters of CANTORIS are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 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 CANTORIS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
musictechnical
Describing the north side of a church choir, or music that is sung by the choir on that side.
In antiphonal singing the choir is split into two halves that answer each other, and cantoris names the half seated beside the cantor. It is a specialist term of church music, paired with its opposite, decani.
How CANTORIS is used
Cantoris is used in choir directions and scores to tell singers which side takes a line.
- The cantoris verses were sung softly, and the decani side replied.
- He sat in the cantoris stalls for twenty years.
- The score marks every second line as cantoris.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANTORIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANTORIS
The 8 tiles of CANTORIS in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CANTORIS
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Common questions about CANTORIS
- Is CANTORIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANTORIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANTORIS worth?
- CANTORIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANTORIS mean?
- Describing the north side of a church choir, or music that is sung by the choir on that side.
- What letters can be added to CANTORIS?
- No single letter can be added to CANTORIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANTORIS:
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