CARRIAGEWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CARRIAGEWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARRIAGEWAY?
| 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 CARRIAGEWAY is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARRIAGEWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carriagewaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARRIAGEWAY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CARRIAGEWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARRIAGEWAY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARRIAGEWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
The part of a road on which vehicles travel, as opposed to the pavement or verge.
In British road signs and traffic reports a carriageway is often one side of a divided highway, so a dual carriageway has two. Reports of a closed carriageway tell drivers that one direction of travel is blocked.
How CARRIAGEWAY is used
Mainly British; used in road signs, traffic news and planning documents.
- The accident closed the southbound carriageway for hours.
- Cyclists must stay off the carriageway on this stretch.
- The new dual carriageway shortened the journey by twenty minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARRIAGEWAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARRIAGEWAY
1 longer words begin with CARRIAGEWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in CARRIAGEWAY
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Common questions about CARRIAGEWAY
- Is CARRIAGEWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARRIAGEWAY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARRIAGEWAY worth?
- CARRIAGEWAY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARRIAGEWAY mean?
- The part of a road on which vehicles travel, as opposed to the pavement or verge.
- What letters can be added to CARRIAGEWAY?
- CARRIAGEWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CARRIAGEWAY:
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