CAOUTCHOUC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. CAOUTCHOUC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAOUTCHOUC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAOUTCHOUC is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAOUTCHOUC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caoutchoucsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAOUTCHOUC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CAOUTCHOUC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. CAOUTCHOUC needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about CAOUTCHOUC
- CAOUTCHOUC runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- CAOUTCHOUC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CAOUTCHOUC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Natural rubber in its raw, unvulcanized state, taken from the milky sap of tropical plants.
The word arrived through French from a South American native term and is older than the common word rubber. A piece of caoutchouc is elastic and waterproof but turns sticky in heat until it is treated. Modern writers use it mainly in chemistry and in historical accounts of the rubber trade.
How CAOUTCHOUC is used
Technical and historical; ordinary speech says rubber.
- Raw caoutchouc was shipped from the Amazon in dark balls.
- The chemist dissolved the caoutchouc in a solvent.
- Early waterproof coats were coated with caoutchouc.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAOUTCHOUC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAOUTCHOUC
1 longer words begin with CAOUTCHOUC.
Shorter words from the letters in CAOUTCHOUC
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Common questions about CAOUTCHOUC
- Is CAOUTCHOUC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAOUTCHOUC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAOUTCHOUC worth?
- CAOUTCHOUC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAOUTCHOUC mean?
- Natural rubber in its raw, unvulcanized state, taken from the milky sap of tropical plants.
- What letters can be added to CAOUTCHOUC?
- CAOUTCHOUC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CAOUTCHOUC:
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