CAULIS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CAULIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAULIS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAULIS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAULIS
No single letter turns CAULIS into another word.
How CAULIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAULIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does CAULIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The main stem of a plant, the central stalk from which leaves, branches, and often flowers grow.
Caulis comes directly from the Latin word for a stalk, and botanists still use it when they need a precise term for a plant's central axis rather than the everyday word stem. It sits opposite the root system in basic plant anatomy, carrying water and nutrients upward and supporting the leaves that catch sunlight. The word also survives indirectly in cauliflower, whose name literally means cabbage stalk. Outside botanical writing caulis is rarely met on its own.
How CAULIS is used
Mostly confined to botanical and horticultural writing; general readers are more likely to meet it inside the word cauliflower than on its own.
- The botanist measured the caulis of each seedling to compare growth rates.
- In this species the caulis stays soft and green rather than turning woody.
- A cross-section of the caulis showed neat rings of vascular tissue.
- Leaves and flower stalks all branch from the same central caulis.
- The textbook diagram labelled the caulis, the roots, and the leaves separately.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAULIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAULIS
The 6 tiles of CAULIS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CAULIS
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Common questions about CAULIS
- Is CAULIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAULIS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAULIS worth?
- CAULIS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAULIS mean?
- The main stem of a plant, the central stalk from which leaves, branches, and often flowers grow.
- What letters can be added to CAULIS?
- No single letter can be added to CAULIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAULIS:
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