CARFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CARFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARFUL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARFUL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARFUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carfulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARFUL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CARFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about CARFUL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARFUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The number of people or things that a car holds when it is full.
Spoken by someone describing a crowded journey, a carful of friends or luggage tells the listener at once how tightly the seats were packed. The ending ful turns the vehicle into a unit of quantity, in the same way as armful or handful. It is most natural in speech and casual writing, and the plural is carfuls.
How CARFUL is used
Informal; used for groups of people or loads of goods.
- A carful of tourists stopped at the viewpoint.
- We drove home with a carful of shopping.
- The festival brought a carful of musicians from each town.
- He could carry a carful of children to school without complaint.
- A noisy carful of students drove past the window.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARFUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARFUL
The 6 tiles of CARFUL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CARFUL
1 longer words begin with CARFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in CARFUL
Common questions about CARFUL
- Is CARFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARFUL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARFUL worth?
- CARFUL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARFUL mean?
- The number of people or things that a car holds when it is full.
- What letters can be added to CARFUL?
- CARFUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CARFUL:
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