CAREFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAREFUL 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 CAREFUL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAREFUL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAREFUL
No single letter turns CAREFUL into another word.
How CAREFUL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CAREFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does CAREFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Taking thought and attention to avoid mistakes, danger or harm.
A careful person checks things twice and does not rush. The word can describe the person, as in a careful driver, or the work, as in careful planning. Parents use careful as a warning to children near stairs or hot stoves.
How CAREFUL is used
Used for people and for their actions, and often as a spoken warning.
- Be careful with that glass, it is very thin.
- She is a careful writer who rereads every sentence.
- A careful look at the figures showed an error in the total.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAREFUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAREFUL
5 longer words begin with CAREFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in CAREFUL
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Common questions about CAREFUL
- Is CAREFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAREFUL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAREFUL worth?
- CAREFUL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAREFUL mean?
- Taking thought and attention to avoid mistakes, danger or harm.
- What letters can be added to CAREFUL?
- No single letter can be added to CAREFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CAREFUL:
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