CARAGEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CARAGEEN 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 CARAGEEN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARAGEEN is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARAGEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carageensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARAGEEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARAGEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARAGEEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARAGEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyIrish
A dark purplish, edible seaweed found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, used to thicken foods.
Carageen is gathered from rocky shores and dried before use. Cooks boil it to make a natural setting agent for milk puddings, and the same seaweed is the source of a thickener found in many processed foods.
How CARAGEEN is used
Mostly seen in cookery and coastal foraging, and a spelling variant of carrageen.
- Grandmother soaked dried carageen before boiling it in milk for a pudding.
- We gathered carageen from the rocks at low tide.
- The recipe uses a handful of carageen to set the dessert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARAGEEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARAGEEN
3 longer words begin with CARAGEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in CARAGEEN
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Common questions about CARAGEEN
- Is CARAGEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARAGEEN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARAGEEN worth?
- CARAGEEN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARAGEEN mean?
- A dark purplish, edible seaweed found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, used to thicken foods.
- What letters can be added to CARAGEEN?
- CARAGEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARAGEEN:
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