CAROUSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CAROUSAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAROUSAL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAROUSAL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAROUSAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carousalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAROUSAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAROUSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAROUSAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAROUSAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A noisy, merry drinking party; boisterous revelry.
A carousal is a night of loud, cheerful drinking, usually among friends. The word is dated, and it is easy to confuse with carousel, the merry-go-round, though the two are unrelated in meaning.
How CAROUSAL is used
Carousal is used in old-fashioned or humorous writing about feasting.
- The sailors spent the night in a long carousal at the inn.
- Neighbours complained about the carousal that lasted until dawn.
- After the harvest came a week of carousal in the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAROUSAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAROUSAL
1 longer words begin with CAROUSAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CAROUSAL
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Common questions about CAROUSAL
- Is CAROUSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAROUSAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAROUSAL worth?
- CAROUSAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAROUSAL mean?
- A noisy, merry drinking party; boisterous revelry.
- What letters can be added to CAROUSAL?
- CAROUSAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAROUSAL:
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