CASTE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CASTE 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 CASTE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CASTE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CASTE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CASTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about CASTE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 CASTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hereditary social class into which a person is born, membership of which is very difficult to change.
A caste system ranks groups of people by birth rather than by individual achievement, and it can shape occupation, marriage, and social standing across generations. The concept is most closely associated with the traditional social system of India, though historians also use caste more broadly to describe rigid, birth-based divisions in other societies. Movement between one caste and another is typically limited or forbidden by custom.
How CASTE is used
Used both in a specific historical and social sense and, more loosely, to describe any rigid, birth-based social division.
- The novel examines how caste shaped every part of village life.
- He was born into a caste of skilled craftsmen.
- Reform movements have long challenged the rules of caste.
- Marriage across caste lines was once strictly forbidden.
- Historians compare caste in different societies around the world.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CASTE
The 5 tiles of CASTE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with CASTE
16 longer words begin with CASTE.
Words ending in CASTE
3 words end in CASTE. Useful as a back hook: play CASTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CASTE inside
Showing 24 of 67 words that contain CASTE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CASTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CASTE
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Common questions about CASTE
- Is CASTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASTE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASTE worth?
- CASTE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASTE mean?
- A hereditary social class into which a person is born, membership of which is very difficult to change.
- What letters can be added to CASTE?
- CASTE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CASTE:
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