CARSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CARSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARSE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARSE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CARSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about CARSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 9 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 CARSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
An area of fertile, low-lying land beside a river, especially in Scotland.
A carse forms where a river has deposited rich soil over a flat stretch of ground, making the land good for growing crops such as oats and barley. The Carse of Gowrie near the River Tay is one of the best known examples of this kind of landscape. The word comes from older Scots and describes the land itself rather than the river or the farming that happens on it.
How CARSE is used
A Scottish geographical term, common in place names and in writing about Scottish farmland.
- The farmers ploughed the rich soil of the carse every spring.
- Mist often settles over the carse in the early morning.
- The village sits on the edge of a wide carse beside the river.
- Barley grows well in the fertile carse near the estuary.
- Maps of the region mark the carse as prime farmland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARSE
The 5 tiles of CARSE in a different order — 9 found.
Words starting with CARSE
3 longer words begin with CARSE.
Shorter words from the letters in CARSE
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Common questions about CARSE
- Is CARSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARSE worth?
- CARSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARSE mean?
- An area of fertile, low-lying land beside a river, especially in Scotland.
- What letters can be added to CARSE?
- CARSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CARSE:
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