CARAVANSERAI is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CARAVANSERAI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARAVANSERAI?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARAVANSERAI is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARAVANSERAI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caravanseraisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARAVANSERAI scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in CARAVANSERAI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 4 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARAVANSERAI has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CARAVANSERAI
- The letter A appears four times in CARAVANSERAI.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARAVANSERAI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A roadside inn with a large central courtyard where travelling merchants and their camels rested for the night.
A caravanserai stood along trade routes such as the Silk Road, offering shelter, water and safe storage for goods. Many of these stone buildings survive in Turkey, Iran and Central Asia as ruins or museums.
How CARAVANSERAI is used
Used in travel writing and history about the Middle East and Asia.
- The merchants spent the night in a desert caravanserai.
- A restored caravanserai now houses a small museum.
- Camels were tied up in the courtyard of the caravanserai.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARAVANSERAI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARAVANSERAI
1 longer words begin with CARAVANSERAI.
Shorter words from the letters in CARAVANSERAI
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Common questions about CARAVANSERAI
- Is CARAVANSERAI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARAVANSERAI, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARAVANSERAI worth?
- CARAVANSERAI is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARAVANSERAI mean?
- A roadside inn with a large central courtyard where travelling merchants and their camels rested for the night.
- What letters can be added to CARAVANSERAI?
- CARAVANSERAI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of CARAVANSERAI:
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