CESAREAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CESAREAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CESAREAN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CESAREAN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CESAREAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cesareansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CESAREAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CESAREAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CESAREAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CESAREAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalNorth American
A surgical operation in which a baby is delivered through a cut in the mother's abdomen and womb.
A cesarean is planned when natural birth would be unsafe for mother or child, or done urgently if labour goes wrong. The word comes from the old belief that Julius Caesar was born this way, and the form is also an adjective.
How CESAREAN is used
Cesarean is the American spelling; the British form is caesarean.
- She had a cesarean after a long labour.
- The doctors scheduled a cesarean for the following morning.
- A cesarean section leaves a low scar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CESAREAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CESAREAN
1 longer words begin with CESAREAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CESAREAN
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Common questions about CESAREAN
- Is CESAREAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CESAREAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CESAREAN worth?
- CESAREAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CESAREAN mean?
- A surgical operation in which a baby is delivered through a cut in the mother's abdomen and womb.
- What letters can be added to CESAREAN?
- CESAREAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CESAREAN:
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