CASSOWARY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CASSOWARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASSOWARY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CASSOWARY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASSOWARY
No single letter turns CASSOWARY into another word.
How CASSOWARY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CASSOWARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CASSOWARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CASSOWARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A very large flightless bird of New Guinea and northern Australia, with a bony crest on its head and brightly coloured neck.
The cassowary is a relative of the emu and lives in tropical rainforest. Its powerful legs and dagger-like inner claw make it dangerous when cornered. The cassowary also spreads rainforest seeds in its droppings.
How CASSOWARY is used
Used in zoology and travel writing for this large rainforest bird.
- A cassowary strode out of the rainforest onto the track.
- Visitors were warned never to approach a cassowary.
- The cassowary's blue neck flashed in the dim light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASSOWARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CASSOWARY
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Common questions about CASSOWARY
- Is CASSOWARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASSOWARY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASSOWARY worth?
- CASSOWARY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASSOWARY mean?
- A very large flightless bird of New Guinea and northern Australia, with a bony crest on its head and brightly coloured neck.
- What letters can be added to CASSOWARY?
- No single letter can be added to CASSOWARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CASSOWARY:
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