CETACEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CETACEAN 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 CETACEAN?
| 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 CETACEAN 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 CETACEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cetaceansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CETACEAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CETACEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CETACEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CETACEAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A marine mammal of the order that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Every cetacean breathes air through a blowhole and nurses its young with milk, despite living entirely in water. Scientists group them into the toothed and the baleen kinds.
How CETACEAN is used
Also works as an adjective in scientific writing.
- The blue whale is the largest cetacean alive today.
- Each cetacean must surface regularly to breathe.
- Researchers tracked the migration of a lone cetacean along the coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CETACEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CETACEAN
1 longer words begin with CETACEAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CETACEAN
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Common questions about CETACEAN
- Is CETACEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CETACEAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CETACEAN worth?
- CETACEAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CETACEAN mean?
- A marine mammal of the order that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
- What letters can be added to CETACEAN?
- CETACEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CETACEAN:
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