CERT is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 6 points
Yes for Scrabble. CERT is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept CERT?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CERT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CERT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does CERT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A thing regarded as absolutely certain to happen or to succeed, especially in betting.
Cert is a shortened, casual form of certainty, used mainly in British speech when someone is confident about an outcome, such as which horse will win a race. Calling something a dead cert pushes the confidence even further, meaning failure seems almost impossible.
How CERT is used
Informal spoken British English, common in betting talk and casual conversation rather than formal writing.
- Everyone at the track called the favourite a dead cert.
- Getting the promotion looked like a cert after his big project succeeded.
- She treated passing the exam as a cert and barely revised.
- The bookmaker warned that no horse is ever a true cert.
- He lost money believing the match was a cert for his team.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CERT
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with CERT.
Words ending in CERT
5 words end in CERT. Useful as a back hook: play CERT onto a word already on the board.
Words with CERT inside
Showing 24 of 103 words that contain CERT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CERT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CERT
Common questions about CERT
- Is CERT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CERT is not in it.
- How many points is CERT worth?
- CERT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERT mean?
- A thing regarded as absolutely certain to happen or to succeed, especially in betting.
- What letters can be added to CERT?
- CERT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CERT:
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