CARICATURE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CARICATURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARICATURE?
| 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 CARICATURE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARICATURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARICATURE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CARICATURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARICATURE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARICATURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A drawing or description that exaggerates a person's features for comic or critical effect.
A caricature picks out a trait, such as big ears or a long nose, and stretches it. Cartoonists draw a caricature of politicians, and a writer can give a caricature of a type of person.
How CARICATURE is used
Caricature can also be a verb, meaning to portray in an exaggerated way.
- The street artist drew a caricature of the tourist.
- The newspaper ran a savage caricature of the minister.
- The character was little more than a caricature of a snob.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARICATURE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARICATURE
2 longer words begin with CARICATURE.
Shorter words from the letters in CARICATURE
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Common questions about CARICATURE
- Is CARICATURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARICATURE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARICATURE worth?
- CARICATURE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARICATURE mean?
- A drawing or description that exaggerates a person's features for comic or critical effect.
- What letters can be added to CARICATURE?
- CARICATURE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CARICATURE:
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