CUIRASS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CUIRASS 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 CUIRASS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUIRASS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUIRASS
No single letter turns CUIRASS into another word.
How CUIRASS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CUIRASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does CUIRASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A piece of armour made of a breastplate and backplate fastened together to protect the torso.
Knights and cavalry soldiers wore a cuirass of metal or hardened leather. The French word gave the name cuirassier to heavy cavalry. In medicine, a cuirass ventilator is a shell that helps a patient breathe by changing the pressure around the chest.
How CUIRASS is used
Cuirass is a historical armour term with a rare medical sense.
- The knight's cuirass gleamed in the torchlight.
- An arrow struck the cuirass and glanced off.
- The museum owns a Roman cuirass shaped like a muscular chest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUIRASS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUIRASS
5 longer words begin with CUIRASS.
Shorter words from the letters in CUIRASS
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Common questions about CUIRASS
- Is CUIRASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUIRASS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUIRASS worth?
- CUIRASS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUIRASS mean?
- A piece of armour made of a breastplate and backplate fastened together to protect the torso.
- What letters can be added to CUIRASS?
- No single letter can be added to CUIRASS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CUIRASS:
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