CARGO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CARGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARGO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARGO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARGO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cargosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARGO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CARGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does CARGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Goods carried commercially by a ship, aircraft, train, or other large vehicle.
Cargo reached English from Spanish, where it simply meant a load, and it kept that commercial sense of freight being transported rather than owned or used along the way. The word almost always implies a vehicle built or hired for the purpose, which is why cargo plane and cargo ship are so much commoner than cargo car. A cargo cult, the anthropological term for movements built around expected shipments of goods, borrows the word for something closer to its literal meaning than most modern uses.
How CARGO is used
Usually uncountable — cargo, a shipment of cargo — though cargoes appears when distinct loads are meant.
- The ship carried a full cargo of grain across the Atlantic.
- Customs officers inspected every piece of cargo before release.
- The plane was built to haul heavy cargo, not passengers.
- Three separate cargoes arrived on the same afternoon.
- Loose cargo shifted dangerously during the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARGO
5 longer words begin with CARGO.
Words ending in CARGO
1 words end in CARGO. Useful as a back hook: play CARGO onto a word already on the board.
Words with CARGO inside
6 words contain CARGO in the middle. Words that start with CARGO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CARGO
Common questions about CARGO
- Is CARGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARGO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARGO worth?
- CARGO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARGO mean?
- Goods carried commercially by a ship, aircraft, train, or other large vehicle.
- What letters can be added to CARGO?
- CARGO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CARGO:
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