CASTOREUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CASTOREUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASTOREUM?
| 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 CASTOREUM is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASTOREUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
castoreumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CASTOREUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CASTOREUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CASTOREUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CASTOREUM
- All 9 letters of CASTOREUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CASTOREUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A strong-smelling brown secretion from the glands of the beaver, used in perfume and once in medicine.
Perfumers value castoreum for its warm, leathery note, and trappers have used it as bait. Older physicians prescribed it for nervous complaints.
How CASTOREUM is used
The word castoreum is rare and found in perfumery and natural history.
- The perfume contained a trace of castoreum.
- Trappers smeared castoreum on a stick to draw beavers.
- Old herbals recommend castoreum for cramps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASTOREUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CASTOREUM
The 9 tiles of CASTOREUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CASTOREUM
1 longer words begin with CASTOREUM.
Shorter words from the letters in CASTOREUM
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Common questions about CASTOREUM
- Is CASTOREUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASTOREUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASTOREUM worth?
- CASTOREUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASTOREUM mean?
- A strong-smelling brown secretion from the glands of the beaver, used in perfume and once in medicine.
- What letters can be added to CASTOREUM?
- CASTOREUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CASTOREUM:
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