CESURA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CESURA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CESURA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CESURA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CESURA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CESURA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CESURA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about CESURA
- The same 6 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 CESURA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A pause or break within a line of verse, usually falling near the middle; a variant spelling of caesura.
A cesura marks the point where a reader's voice naturally pauses inside a line of poetry, often matching a break in sense or punctuation rather than the end of the line itself. Poets use it deliberately to shape rhythm, slow a line down, or set two halves of a thought against each other. The spelling cesura appears alongside the more common caesura, both descending from the Latin word for a cutting, and dictionaries treat the two as interchangeable. Analysis of metre in classical and English verse regularly discusses where the cesura falls in a given line.
How CESURA is used
A specialist term in the study of poetry and metre; caesura is the more frequently used spelling.
- The scholar marked the cesura in the middle of each line.
- A strong cesura after the fourth syllable slowed the reading.
- The poem's rhythm depends on a well-placed cesura.
- Students learned to spot the cesura when scanning a verse.
- Translators debated where the cesura should fall in the new version.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CESURA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CESURA
The 6 tiles of CESURA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CESURA
3 longer words begin with CESURA.
Shorter words from the letters in CESURA
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Common questions about CESURA
- Is CESURA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CESURA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CESURA worth?
- CESURA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CESURA mean?
- A pause or break within a line of verse, usually falling near the middle; a variant spelling of caesura.
- What letters can be added to CESURA?
- CESURA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CESURA:
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