CENOTAPH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CENOTAPH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENOTAPH?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CENOTAPH is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENOTAPH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cenotaphsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CENOTAPH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CENOTAPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CENOTAPH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CENOTAPH
- All 8 letters of CENOTAPH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CENOTAPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A monument raised in honour of a person or people whose remains lie somewhere else, often war dead.
The point of a cenotaph is that it marks absence: there is no body beneath it. Many towns have one as a focus for remembrance ceremonies, and the best-known stands in Whitehall in London.
How CENOTAPH is used
Used for memorials, especially war memorials, that stand in place of a grave.
- Veterans gathered at the cenotaph on the morning of remembrance.
- The cenotaph bears the names of the fallen from the village.
- Wreaths were laid at the foot of the cenotaph.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENOTAPH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CENOTAPH
2 longer words begin with CENOTAPH.
Shorter words from the letters in CENOTAPH
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Common questions about CENOTAPH
- Is CENOTAPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENOTAPH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENOTAPH worth?
- CENOTAPH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENOTAPH mean?
- A monument raised in honour of a person or people whose remains lie somewhere else, often war dead.
- What letters can be added to CENOTAPH?
- CENOTAPH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CENOTAPH:
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