CONELRAD is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CONELRAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONELRAD?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONELRAD is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONELRAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
conelradsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONELRAD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CONELRAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONELRAD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CONELRAD
- All 8 letters of CONELRAD are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CONELRAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A Cold War United States civil-defence system that limited radio broadcasting during an attack so enemy aircraft could not use it for navigation.
Conelrad was built around the idea that stations would shift to certain frequencies in an emergency. Radios of the 1950s carried special marks on the dial to show where to tune. The system was replaced in the 1960s.
How CONELRAD is used
A historical term, mostly met in writing about the Cold War.
- Old radios often had small triangles on the dial marking the conelrad frequencies.
- Schoolchildren in the 1950s were told about conelrad drills.
- The conelrad system was retired in the early 1960s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONELRAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CONELRAD
The 8 tiles of CONELRAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CONELRAD
1 longer words begin with CONELRAD.
Shorter words from the letters in CONELRAD
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Common questions about CONELRAD
- Is CONELRAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONELRAD, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONELRAD worth?
- CONELRAD is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONELRAD mean?
- A Cold War United States civil-defence system that limited radio broadcasting during an attack so enemy aircraft could not use it for navigation.
- What letters can be added to CONELRAD?
- CONELRAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CONELRAD:
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