CINEASTE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CINEASTE 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 CINEASTE?
| 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 CINEASTE 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 CINEASTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cineastesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CINEASTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CINEASTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CINEASTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CINEASTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An enthusiast of cinema as an art, with a taste for serious or foreign films.
A cineaste is more than a casual viewer; this is someone who tracks directors, reads about technique and seeks out rare screenings. The word can also mean a filmmaker, and it borrows its spelling from French.
How CINEASTE is used
Cineaste is used in film criticism and about devoted film fans.
- Every cineaste in town came to the retrospective.
- The cineaste knew the name of every cinematographer.
- She is a true cineaste who owns hundreds of rare films.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CINEASTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CINEASTE
1 longer words begin with CINEASTE.
Shorter words from the letters in CINEASTE
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Common questions about CINEASTE
- Is CINEASTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CINEASTE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CINEASTE worth?
- CINEASTE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CINEASTE mean?
- An enthusiast of cinema as an art, with a taste for serious or foreign films.
- What letters can be added to CINEASTE?
- CINEASTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CINEASTE:
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