CAUL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CAUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAUL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAUL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAUL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAUL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CAUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does CAUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalhistorical
A caul is the thin membrane that sometimes covers a newborn baby's head at birth, or, historically, a woman's close-fitting hairnet.
Medically, a caul is part of the amniotic membrane that occasionally remains over a baby's head or face at birth rather than breaking away earlier, a harmless event that folklore once treated as a sign of good luck. Separately, in older fashion, a caul was a fitted net or covering worn by women to hold their hair in place, quite unrelated to the birth membrane apart from sharing the same word for something that covers the head.
How CAUL is used
Medical when describing the birth membrane; historical when describing the headdress, which is no longer worn.
- The midwife gently removed the caul from the newborn's face.
- Old sailors believed a child born with a caul would never drown.
- She fastened her hair beneath an embroidered caul before the feast.
- The doctor explained that the caul is simply part of the birth membrane.
- Museums display medieval caps and cauls worn by noblewomen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAUL
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with CAUL.
Words ending in CAUL
3 words end in CAUL. Useful as a back hook: play CAUL onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAUL inside
10 words contain CAUL in the middle. Words that start with CAUL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAUL
Common questions about CAUL
- Is CAUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAUL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAUL worth?
- CAUL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAUL mean?
- A caul is the thin membrane that sometimes covers a newborn baby's head at birth, or, historically, a woman's close-fitting hairnet.
- What letters can be added to CAUL?
- CAUL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CAUL:
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