CASEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CASEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASEOUS?
| 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 CASEOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASEOUS
No single letter turns CASEOUS into another word.
How CASEOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CASEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What stands out about CASEOUS
- CASEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CASEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Resembling cheese, especially of dead tissue that has become soft, white and crumbly.
Pathologists call tissue caseous when it has the pale, curdy look of cheese. The term also means simply of or like cheese.
How CASEOUS is used
Medical and scientific adjective.
- The lung showed caseous material at its centre.
- A caseous mass filled the abscess.
- The curd had a caseous smell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CASEOUS
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Common questions about CASEOUS
- Is CASEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASEOUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASEOUS worth?
- CASEOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASEOUS mean?
- Resembling cheese, especially of dead tissue that has become soft, white and crumbly.
- What letters can be added to CASEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CASEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CASEOUS:
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