CUE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. CUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUE is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does CUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A signal for somebody to begin speaking or acting.
Cue in the theatre may come from the letter Q written into a script as an abbreviation, although the story has never been proved. The billiard cue is a different word altogether, from a French word meaning a tail.
How CUE is used
Countable. Also a verb: to cue, cued, cueing.
- She missed her cue and walked on during the wrong speech.
- The word cue may come from the letter Q in a script.
- He took the cue as an instruction rather than a hint.
- A billiard cue is an unrelated word.
- They cued the music four bars too early.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CUE
The 3 tiles of CUE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CUE
8 longer words begin with CUE.
Words ending in CUE
13 words end in CUE. Useful as a back hook: play CUE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CUE inside
Showing 24 of 33 words that contain CUE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CUE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about CUE
- Is CUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUE worth?
- CUE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUE mean?
- A signal for somebody to begin speaking or acting.
- What letters can be added to CUE?
- CUE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CUE:
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