CASEMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CASEMATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASEMATE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CASEMATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASEMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CASEMATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CASEMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CASEMATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CASEMATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An armoured or bombproof compartment in a fortress or warship from which guns can be fired.
A casemate protects gunners behind thick walls of stone, masonry or steel, leaving only narrow openings for the weapons. Forts of earlier centuries and later battleships both used the design.
How CASEMATE is used
Chiefly a military and naval term.
- The gunners waited inside the casemate while shells struck the outer wall.
- Each casemate in the old fort held a single cannon.
- The battleship carried its secondary guns in an armoured casemate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASEMATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CASEMATE
2 longer words begin with CASEMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CASEMATE
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Common questions about CASEMATE
- Is CASEMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASEMATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASEMATE worth?
- CASEMATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASEMATE mean?
- An armoured or bombproof compartment in a fortress or warship from which guns can be fired.
- What letters can be added to CASEMATE?
- CASEMATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CASEMATE:
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