CERO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CERO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CERO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERO is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CERO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CERO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does CERO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large, fast-swimming fish of the mackerel family, found in warm parts of the western Atlantic Ocean.
The cero is prized both as food and as a game fish; it has a long, streamlined body with a pointed snout and is related to the king mackerel. Fishermen along tropical Atlantic coasts and in the Caribbean catch it for its firm flesh, and the name is also used loosely for related mackerel species in the same waters.
How CERO is used
Mainly a fishing and marine-biology term, familiar chiefly to anglers and cooks in tropical Atlantic regions.
- The charter boat brought back a fine cero for the evening meal.
- A cero can grow considerably larger than the common mackerel.
- Local markets sold fresh cero alongside kingfish and snapper.
- The angler mistook the young cero for a small barracuda.
- Cero fishing is popular along the warm coastal waters of the Caribbean.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CERO
The 4 tiles of CERO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CERO
21 longer words begin with CERO.
Words ending in CERO
2 words end in CERO. Useful as a back hook: play CERO onto a word already on the board.
Words with CERO inside
Showing 24 of 54 words that contain CERO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CERO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CERO
Common questions about CERO
- Is CERO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CERO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CERO worth?
- CERO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERO mean?
- A large, fast-swimming fish of the mackerel family, found in warm parts of the western Atlantic Ocean.
- What letters can be added to CERO?
- CERO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CERO:
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