CARACOL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CARACOL 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 CARACOL?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARACOL is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARACOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARACOL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CARACOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does CARACOL mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To make a half turn on horseback, as in classic riding or cavalry drill.
To caracol was to wheel the horse sharply to one side, once used in battle so riders could fire and retreat in turn. The same word names the manoeuvre itself, and it is related to a spiral staircase and a snail shell.
How CARACOL is used
The verb caracol is rare and belongs to horsemanship and military history.
- The riders caracol to the left before the signal.
- The stallion was trained to caracol on command.
- Cavalry once used the caracol to keep a steady stream of fire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARACOL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARACOL
9 longer words begin with CARACOL.
Shorter words from the letters in CARACOL
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Common questions about CARACOL
- Is CARACOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARACOL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARACOL worth?
- CARACOL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARACOL mean?
- To make a half turn on horseback, as in classic riding or cavalry drill.
- What letters can be added to CARACOL?
- CARACOL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CARACOL:
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