CARACK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CARACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARACK?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARACK is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caracksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARACK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CARACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,519 thousand.
What does CARACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalnautical
A large, broad merchant ship of the late Middle Ages and early modern period, built to carry heavy cargoes on long voyages.
Spanish and Portuguese traders sailed the carack on the long route to the East, and English writers of the sixteenth century spoke of capturing one as a great prize. Because these ships were big and slow, they carried a lot of goods and were worth attacking. The usual modern spelling is carrack; carack is an alternative form of the same ship name.
How CARACK is used
Historical term; appears in maritime history and old voyage narratives.
- A carack loaded with spices was sighted off the cape.
- The captain wrote that the carack kept her course despite the wind.
- Pirates dreamed of taking a carack on its way home.
- The museum has a model of a carack with its high stern.
- Each carack on the route carried goods worth a fortune.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARACK
1 longer words begin with CARACK.
Shorter words from the letters in CARACK
Common questions about CARACK
- Is CARACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARACK, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARACK worth?
- CARACK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARACK mean?
- A large, broad merchant ship of the late Middle Ages and early modern period, built to carry heavy cargoes on long voyages.
- What letters can be added to CARACK?
- CARACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CARACK:
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