CARICATURAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CARICATURAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARICATURAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARICATURAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARICATURAL
No single letter turns CARICATURAL into another word.
How CARICATURAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CARICATURAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARICATURAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARICATURAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Resembling a caricature by exaggerating features until they look comic or grotesque.
A caricatural portrait picks out a nose, a chin or a habit and inflates it. The word is used for drawings, but also for descriptions and performances that distort their subject. It usually suggests mockery rather than accuracy.
How CARICATURAL is used
Caricatural is a literary and critical word, often applied to portraits and imitations.
- The cartoon gave the minister a caricatural jaw.
- Her impression of the teacher was gloriously caricatural.
- Critics found the villain too caricatural to be frightening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARICATURAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CARICATURAL
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Common questions about CARICATURAL
- Is CARICATURAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARICATURAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARICATURAL worth?
- CARICATURAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARICATURAL mean?
- Resembling a caricature by exaggerating features until they look comic or grotesque.
- What letters can be added to CARICATURAL?
- No single letter can be added to CARICATURAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CARICATURAL:
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