CARAGANA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CARAGANA 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 CARAGANA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARAGANA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARAGANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caraganasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARAGANA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARAGANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 4 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARAGANA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CARAGANA
- The letter A appears four times in CARAGANA.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARAGANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A hardy shrub or small tree of the pea family, native to Asia, with yellow flowers and pod-like seed cases.
Gardeners value the caragana because it survives bitter winters and poor soil. It is often planted as a windbreak or hedge on cold open land, and its bright yellow blossoms appear in late spring.
How CARAGANA is used
Used in gardening and botany, especially in cold-climate planting advice.
- A row of caragana shielded the farmhouse from the prairie wind.
- The caragana in the corner of the garden was covered with yellow flowers.
- Nurseries in cold regions sell caragana as a tough hedge plant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARAGANA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARAGANA
1 longer words begin with CARAGANA.
Shorter words from the letters in CARAGANA
Common questions about CARAGANA
- Is CARAGANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARAGANA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARAGANA worth?
- CARAGANA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARAGANA mean?
- A hardy shrub or small tree of the pea family, native to Asia, with yellow flowers and pod-like seed cases.
- What letters can be added to CARAGANA?
- CARAGANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARAGANA:
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