CAVALLA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAVALLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAVALLA?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAVALLA is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAVALLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cavallasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAVALLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CAVALLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,940 thousand.
What does CAVALLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large, fast food and game fish of warm seas, related to mackerel, with a long pointed snout.
Anglers prize the cavalla for its strong runs and good eating. It lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and is often sold as king mackerel. The word is rare outside fishing talk and word lists.
How CAVALLA is used
Used in fishing and fish-trade contexts.
- He hooked a cavalla off the coast and fought it for an hour.
- The market had fresh cavalla on ice.
- A cavalla can reach a good size and put up a hard fight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAVALLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAVALLA
1 longer words begin with CAVALLA.
Shorter words from the letters in CAVALLA
Common questions about CAVALLA
- Is CAVALLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAVALLA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAVALLA worth?
- CAVALLA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAVALLA mean?
- A large, fast food and game fish of warm seas, related to mackerel, with a long pointed snout.
- What letters can be added to CAVALLA?
- CAVALLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CAVALLA:
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