CARCERAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CARCERAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARCERAL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARCERAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARCERAL
No single letter turns CARCERAL into another word.
How CARCERAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARCERAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARCERAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARCERAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to or belonging to a prison.
Carceral is a formal word that scholars use for the world of prisons and punishment, as in the carceral state. It stresses confinement as a system rather than a single jail.
How CARCERAL is used
Used in sociology, law and history, often in the phrase carceral system.
- The book studies the carceral system of the last century.
- She wrote about the carceral conditions inside the old fort.
- Critics warn of a growing carceral state.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARCERAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CARCERAL
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Common questions about CARCERAL
- Is CARCERAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARCERAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARCERAL worth?
- CARCERAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARCERAL mean?
- Relating to or belonging to a prison.
- What letters can be added to CARCERAL?
- No single letter can be added to CARCERAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARCERAL:
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