CIRCA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CIRCA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIRCA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIRCA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIRCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
circarChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CIRCA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CIRCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 154,913.
What does CIRCA mean in Scrabble?
preposition
Used before a date or figure to indicate that it is approximate.
circa is borrowed directly from Latin, where it meant around or near in either space or time, and English narrowed that sense to dates and quantities. Historians, biographers and auction catalogues rely on circa whenever the exact year is unknown but a reasonable range can be estimated. The word is commonly shortened to the abbreviation c. immediately before the figure it modifies.
How CIRCA is used
Placed immediately before a year or number, often abbreviated c., as in circa 1750 or c. 1750.
- The vase was made circa 1850, though no exact date survives.
- Historians dated the letter circa the start of the war.
- The catalogue listed the painting as circa 1710.
- He was born circa 400 BC, according to most scholars.
- The ruins are believed to date from circa the fifth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIRCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CIRCA
The 5 tiles of CIRCA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CIRCA
7 longer words begin with CIRCA.
Shorter words from the letters in CIRCA
Common questions about CIRCA
- Is CIRCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIRCA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIRCA worth?
- CIRCA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIRCA mean?
- Used before a date or figure to indicate that it is approximate.
- What letters can be added to CIRCA?
- CIRCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CIRCA:
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