CARDAMOM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CARDAMOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARDAMOM?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARDAMOM is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARDAMOM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cardamomsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARDAMOM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARDAMOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARDAMOM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARDAMOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A spice made from the aromatic seed pods of a ginger-family plant from tropical Asia.
Cardamom lends a warm, citrusy and slightly minty flavour to curries, coffee and baked goods. It is among the most expensive spices by weight, because the pods are picked by hand.
How CARDAMOM is used
Used in cooking and in talk of spices.
- She crushed a pod of cardamom into the tea.
- Cardamom flavours the buns in Scandinavian baking.
- The curry smelled of cardamom and cloves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARDAMOM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARDAMOM
1 longer words begin with CARDAMOM.
Shorter words from the letters in CARDAMOM
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Common questions about CARDAMOM
- Is CARDAMOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARDAMOM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARDAMOM worth?
- CARDAMOM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARDAMOM mean?
- A spice made from the aromatic seed pods of a ginger-family plant from tropical Asia.
- What letters can be added to CARDAMOM?
- CARDAMOM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARDAMOM:
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