CAYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CAYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAYMAN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAYMAN is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAYMAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caymansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAYMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAYMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does CAYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A reptile of tropical America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armoured belly.
Caymans live in rivers, swamps and flooded forests from Mexico to Argentina, and several species are known, the largest growing to some four metres. They feed on fish, birds and small mammals and are smaller and less dangerous to people than the big crocodiles. The spelling cayman is the common English one, and the older Spanish form caiman is seen mostly in scientific writing.
How CAYMAN is used
Zoological; the spelling caiman (b1_858) is the other form in use.
- A cayman slid off the muddy bank into the river.
- The guide shone a torch and the eyes of a cayman glowed red.
- Hunters once took the skin of every cayman they could find.
- A young cayman was lying half hidden in the reeds.
- The zoo keeps a spectacled cayman in the reptile house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAYMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAYMAN
1 longer words begin with CAYMAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CAYMAN
Common questions about CAYMAN
- Is CAYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAYMAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAYMAN worth?
- CAYMAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAYMAN mean?
- A reptile of tropical America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armoured belly.
- What letters can be added to CAYMAN?
- CAYMAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAYMAN:
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