CUTTHROAT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CUTTHROAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUTTHROAT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUTTHROAT is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUTTHROAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cutthroatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUTTHROAT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CUTTHROAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CUTTHROAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CUTTHROAT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Ruthless and fiercely competitive, with no mercy shown to rivals.
Cutthroat competition drives firms to slash prices until weaker rivals fold. As a noun the word is older and darker, naming a murderer, and in card games it describes a version where every player fights alone.
How CUTTHROAT is used
Used for harsh competition in business, sport and games, and in older writing for a killer.
- The cutthroat market left no room for small bakeries.
- They played a cutthroat game of cards for the last biscuit.
- The novel tells of a cutthroat gang that preyed on travellers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUTTHROAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUTTHROAT
1 longer words begin with CUTTHROAT.
Shorter words from the letters in CUTTHROAT
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Common questions about CUTTHROAT
- Is CUTTHROAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUTTHROAT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUTTHROAT worth?
- CUTTHROAT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUTTHROAT mean?
- Ruthless and fiercely competitive, with no mercy shown to rivals.
- What letters can be added to CUTTHROAT?
- CUTTHROAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CUTTHROAT:
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