CAVICORN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CAVICORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAVICORN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAVICORN is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAVICORN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cavicornsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAVICORN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAVICORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAVICORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAVICORN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Having hollow horns, like those of cattle, sheep and goats, as opposed to solid antlers.
Zoologists once grouped cattle, sheep and goats as cavicorn because their horns are sheaths around a bony core. Deer, by contrast, shed solid antlers, so they fall outside the term.
How CAVICORN is used
A rare technical word from older zoology, applied to horned ruminants.
- The old textbook placed the ox among the cavicorn ruminants.
- A cavicorn animal keeps its horns for life.
- Naturalists once divided hoofed animals into cavicorn and cervine groups.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAVICORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAVICORN
1 longer words begin with CAVICORN.
Shorter words from the letters in CAVICORN
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Common questions about CAVICORN
- Is CAVICORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAVICORN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAVICORN worth?
- CAVICORN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAVICORN mean?
- Having hollow horns, like those of cattle, sheep and goats, as opposed to solid antlers.
- What letters can be added to CAVICORN?
- CAVICORN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAVICORN:
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