CUBAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CUBAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUBAGE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUBAGE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUBAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cubagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUBAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUBAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does CUBAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The volume of a space or object, or the act of working that volume out in cubic units.
Cubage is a practical term from shipping, building and timber trade. A freight clerk checks the cubage of a crate to decide how much hold space it needs, and an engineer works out the cubage of a room to size its heating. It is a near neighbour of cubature, and in daily use it simply means how many cubic units something takes up.
How CUBAGE is used
Technical; used in logistics, construction and forestry rather than in everyday talk.
- The shipper charged by cubage rather than by weight.
- We measured the cubage of the storeroom before ordering the shelving.
- The cubage of the hold limited how many barrels could be loaded.
- A foreman estimated the cubage of the excavated earth.
- Light but bulky goods are priced by cubage, because they fill the space quickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUBAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUBAGE
1 longer words begin with CUBAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in CUBAGE
Common questions about CUBAGE
- Is CUBAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUBAGE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUBAGE worth?
- CUBAGE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUBAGE mean?
- The volume of a space or object, or the act of working that volume out in cubic units.
- What letters can be added to CUBAGE?
- CUBAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUBAGE:
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