CARACAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CARACAL 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 CARACAL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARACAL is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARACAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caracalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARACAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CARACAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,940 thousand.
What does CARACAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A lean wild cat of Africa and western Asia with a reddish-brown coat and long black tufts on its ears.
The caracal is a swift hunter able to leap high and snatch birds from the air. It is sometimes called the desert lynx, though it belongs to a separate genus from true lynxes.
How CARACAL is used
The word caracal is used in wildlife writing and zoology.
- A caracal crouched in the dry grass.
- The black ear tufts of the caracal are easy to spot.
- Rangers tracked a caracal across the plain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARACAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARACAL
1 longer words begin with CARACAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CARACAL
Common questions about CARACAL
- Is CARACAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARACAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARACAL worth?
- CARACAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARACAL mean?
- A lean wild cat of Africa and western Asia with a reddish-brown coat and long black tufts on its ears.
- What letters can be added to CARACAL?
- CARACAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CARACAL:
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