CASUARINA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CASUARINA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CASUARINA?
| 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 CASUARINA is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CASUARINA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
casuarinasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CASUARINA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CASUARINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CASUARINA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CASUARINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tree of Australia and Southeast Asia with long, thin, jointed drooping branches that look like horsetails.
The casuarina has tiny scale-like leaves and bears small woody cones. It grows well in sandy coastal soil, and its needle-like twigs make a soft whispering sound in the wind.
How CASUARINA is used
Casuarina is a botanical name, also used for the trees planted along tropical beaches.
- A row of casuarina trees shaded the beach.
- The wind sighed through the casuarina branches.
- The casuarina is often planted to stop coastal erosion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CASUARINA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CASUARINA
1 longer words begin with CASUARINA.
Shorter words from the letters in CASUARINA
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Common questions about CASUARINA
- Is CASUARINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CASUARINA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CASUARINA worth?
- CASUARINA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CASUARINA mean?
- A tree of Australia and Southeast Asia with long, thin, jointed drooping branches that look like horsetails.
- What letters can be added to CASUARINA?
- CASUARINA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CASUARINA:
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