CUBATURE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CUBATURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUBATURE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUBATURE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUBATURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cubaturesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUBATURE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CUBATURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CUBATURE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CUBATURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The working out of the volume of a solid body or of the space inside it.
Engineers speak of cubature when they must know how much material fills a shape, such as an earth bank or a vault. It is the three-dimensional counterpart of finding an area.
How CUBATURE is used
Technical term from surveying and geometry for measuring solid volume.
- The cubature of the embankment determined the cost of the earthwork.
- Surveyors completed the cubature of the quarry in a week.
- Exact cubature of an irregular solid needs careful measurement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUBATURE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUBATURE
1 longer words begin with CUBATURE.
Shorter words from the letters in CUBATURE
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Common questions about CUBATURE
- Is CUBATURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUBATURE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUBATURE worth?
- CUBATURE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUBATURE mean?
- The working out of the volume of a solid body or of the space inside it.
- What letters can be added to CUBATURE?
- CUBATURE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CUBATURE:
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