CEREMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CEREMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CEREMENT?
| 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 CEREMENT is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CEREMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cerementsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CEREMENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CEREMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CEREMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CEREMENT
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CEREMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A cloth or wrapping used to enclose a dead body, such as a shroud.
The word comes from wax, since such cloths were once coated with it. Most readers now meet a cerement in poems and gothic tales, and it usually appears in the plural.
How CEREMENT is used
Literary and old-fashioned.
- The mummy was found wrapped in a decayed cerement.
- The poet described the cerement of the grave in grim detail.
- A pale cerement covered the body in the tomb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CEREMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CEREMENT
The 8 tiles of CEREMENT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CEREMENT
1 longer words begin with CEREMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in CEREMENT
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Common questions about CEREMENT
- Is CEREMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CEREMENT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CEREMENT worth?
- CEREMENT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CEREMENT mean?
- A cloth or wrapping used to enclose a dead body, such as a shroud.
- What letters can be added to CEREMENT?
- CEREMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CEREMENT:
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