OPENCAST is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OPENCAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPENCAST?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPENCAST is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPENCAST
No single letter turns OPENCAST into another word.
How OPENCAST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OPENCAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OPENCAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OPENCAST
- All 8 letters of OPENCAST are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OPENCAST mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishtechnical
Describing mining in which coal or ore is dug from the surface instead of from underground shafts.
An opencast mine removes layers of soil and rock to expose the seam, leaving a huge pit rather than tunnels. In North America the same method is usually called strip or open-pit mining.
How OPENCAST is used
Opencast is mainly British and is used before words like mine or mining.
- The valley is scarred by an opencast coal mine.
- Opencast mining is cheaper than digging deep shafts.
- Protesters blocked the road to the opencast site.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPENCAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OPENCAST
The 8 tiles of OPENCAST in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OPENCAST
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Common questions about OPENCAST
- Is OPENCAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPENCAST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPENCAST worth?
- OPENCAST is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPENCAST mean?
- Describing mining in which coal or ore is dug from the surface instead of from underground shafts.
- What letters can be added to OPENCAST?
- No single letter can be added to OPENCAST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OPENCAST:
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