CARCEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CARCEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARCEL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARCEL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARCEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carcelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARCEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CARCEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does CARCEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
An old French unit used to measure the brightness of a light, based on a particular oil lamp.
The unit takes its name from Bertrand Guillaume Carcel, a Paris inventor who made a lamp driven by a clockwork pump that raised oil to the wick. Because the lamp burned steadily, its flame served as a standard for light in France during the nineteenth century. Later standards replaced it, and the carcel now appears mainly in histories of lighting.
How CARCEL is used
Historical and technical; found in older works on lighting and photometry.
- The report gave the lamp output as one carcel.
- A carcel lamp was set beside the test light for comparison.
- Early lighthouse keepers measured brightness in carcel units.
- The old standard called the carcel was replaced by the candle.
- He read about the carcel in a book on lamps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARCEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARCEL
The 6 tiles of CARCEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CARCEL
1 longer words begin with CARCEL.
Shorter words from the letters in CARCEL
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Common questions about CARCEL
- Is CARCEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARCEL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARCEL worth?
- CARCEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARCEL mean?
- An old French unit used to measure the brightness of a light, based on a particular oil lamp.
- What letters can be added to CARCEL?
- CARCEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CARCEL:
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