CASCARILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CASCARILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASCARILLA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CASCARILLA is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASCARILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cascarillasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CASCARILLA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CASCARILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CASCARILLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CASCARILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A West Indian shrub, or its bitter aromatic bark used in medicine and flavouring.
Cascarilla bark has a spicy smell and was once used as a tonic and to flavour tobacco and some bitter drinks. The bark is dried and sold in curled quills.
How CASCARILLA is used
Cascarilla is found in herbal, botanical and food-flavouring contexts.
- Cascarilla bark was added to the bitter liqueur.
- The herbalist kept a jar of cascarilla on the shelf.
- A cascarilla shrub grew by the Caribbean shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASCARILLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CASCARILLA
1 longer words begin with CASCARILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in CASCARILLA
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Common questions about CASCARILLA
- Is CASCARILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASCARILLA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASCARILLA worth?
- CASCARILLA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASCARILLA mean?
- A West Indian shrub, or its bitter aromatic bark used in medicine and flavouring.
- What letters can be added to CASCARILLA?
- CASCARILLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CASCARILLA:
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