CASUALTY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CASUALTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASUALTY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CASUALTY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASUALTY
No single letter turns CASUALTY into another word.
How CASUALTY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CASUALTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CASUALTY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CASUALTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person killed or injured in a war or accident, or anything badly harmed by an event.
Casualty is used in news reports for the human toll of a disaster, but also figuratively for things that suffer, such as a budget or a friendship. In British hospitals the word names the emergency department.
How CASUALTY is used
Often plural in reports of conflicts, and figurative in phrases like "a casualty of progress".
- Rescue teams counted every casualty after the crash.
- The old corner shop became a casualty of the new mall.
- He was taken to casualty with a broken wrist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASUALTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CASUALTY
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Common questions about CASUALTY
- Is CASUALTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASUALTY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASUALTY worth?
- CASUALTY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASUALTY mean?
- A person killed or injured in a war or accident, or anything badly harmed by an event.
- What letters can be added to CASUALTY?
- No single letter can be added to CASUALTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CASUALTY:
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