CANVAS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CANVAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANVAS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANVAS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANVAS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
canvassChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANVAS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CANVAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does CANVAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heavy, closely woven cloth of hemp, flax or cotton, used for sails, tents and bags, and as the surface for oil painting.
Because artists stretch it on a frame and paint on it, canvas has also come to mean the painting itself, as in a canvas by Monet. Sailors count a ship's canvas as its sails, and a boxing ring has a canvas floor, so a fighter knocked down is said to be on the canvas. The word goes back to Latin cannabis, hemp, and it is a separate word, though a close relative, of the verb canvass meaning to seek votes.
How CANVAS is used
Common in art, sailing and camping; do not confuse with canvass, to ask for votes or opinions.
- The painter stretched a fresh canvas across the wooden frame.
- We slept under canvas for a week in the mountains.
- The ship set every inch of canvas to catch the wind.
- He hit the canvas in the second round and did not get up.
- A small canvas by the young artist sold for a surprising sum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANVAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANVAS
15 longer words begin with CANVAS.
Shorter words from the letters in CANVAS
Common questions about CANVAS
- Is CANVAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANVAS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANVAS worth?
- CANVAS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANVAS mean?
- A heavy, closely woven cloth of hemp, flax or cotton, used for sails, tents and bags, and as the surface for oil painting.
- What letters can be added to CANVAS?
- CANVAS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANVAS:
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