CARDBOARD is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CARDBOARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARDBOARD?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARDBOARD is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARDBOARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARDBOARD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CARDBOARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARDBOARD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARDBOARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
Thick, stiff paper used for boxes, packaging and models.
Almost every parcel arrives in a cardboard box, and the material is easy to recycle. As a modifier it also describes characters in a story who feel flat and unconvincing.
How CARDBOARD is used
Used for packaging and craft, and figuratively for shallow fictional characters.
- He built a model castle out of cardboard.
- The cardboard box was soaked by the rain.
- Critics called the villain a cardboard figure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARDBOARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARDBOARD
4 longer words begin with CARDBOARD.
Shorter words from the letters in CARDBOARD
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Common questions about CARDBOARD
- Is CARDBOARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARDBOARD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARDBOARD worth?
- CARDBOARD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARDBOARD mean?
- Thick, stiff paper used for boxes, packaging and models.
- What letters can be added to CARDBOARD?
- CARDBOARD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CARDBOARD:
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