CARINA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CARINA 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 CARINA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARINA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARINA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARINA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CARINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about CARINA
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 CARINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A keel-shaped ridge, especially the ridge inside the windpipe where it divides into the two main airways leading to the lungs.
The tracheal carina sits at the point where the windpipe splits into the left and right bronchus, and doctors watch its position closely on scans and during procedures such as inserting a breathing tube, since it marks an important landmark inside the chest. The same word describes similar keel-like ridges elsewhere in biology, such as the projecting ridge on a bird's breastbone that anchors the powerful flight muscles, or the fused lower petals of a pea flower. Carina comes from the Latin word for the keel of a ship, chosen because these structures form a raised central ridge much like a boat's keel running along its underside. Outside anatomy and biology, the word is rarely met in everyday English.
How CARINA is used
A specialist anatomical and biological term, common in medicine and comparative biology rather than everyday speech.
- The surgeon positioned the tube just above the carina.
- A scan showed swelling near the carina of the trachea.
- The bird's carina anchors muscles strong enough for sustained flight.
- Botanists pointed out the carina formed by the flower's lower petals.
- Doctors check the angle of the carina during certain lung procedures.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARINA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARINA
The 6 tiles of CARINA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CARINA
5 longer words begin with CARINA.
Shorter words from the letters in CARINA
Common questions about CARINA
- Is CARINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARINA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARINA worth?
- CARINA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARINA mean?
- A keel-shaped ridge, especially the ridge inside the windpipe where it divides into the two main airways leading to the lungs.
- What letters can be added to CARINA?
- CARINA takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CARINA:
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