CARABID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CARABID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARABID?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARABID is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARABID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carabidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARABID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CARABID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does CARABID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A fast-running ground beetle of the family Carabidae, most of which hunt other insects.
A carabid is the kind of shiny, long-legged beetle gardeners find under stones and logs. Because carabids eat slugs and caterpillars, they are welcomed as natural pest controllers on farms.
How CARABID is used
Carabid is an entomological term used for members of the ground-beetle family.
- A carabid scurried across the garden path.
- The farmer was glad to see a carabid among the crops.
- Each carabid in the sample was counted and labelled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARABID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARABID
1 longer words begin with CARABID.
Shorter words from the letters in CARABID
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Common questions about CARABID
- Is CARABID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARABID, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARABID worth?
- CARABID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARABID mean?
- A fast-running ground beetle of the family Carabidae, most of which hunt other insects.
- What letters can be added to CARABID?
- CARABID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CARABID:
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