SCARAMOUCH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SCARAMOUCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCARAMOUCH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCARAMOUCH is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCARAMOUCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scaramoucheChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SCARAMOUCH scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SCARAMOUCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCARAMOUCH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCARAMOUCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A boastful but cowardly person, named after a stock character in old Italian comedy.
The scaramouch began as a masked comic figure who swaggered and then fled at the first sign of danger. In general use it suggests a braggart whose courage is only talk. The word is more often seen in the spelling scaramouche.
How SCARAMOUCH is used
Literary and dated, used of a cowardly boaster or in theatre history.
- The scaramouch bragged of battles he had carefully avoided.
- Audiences laughed at the scaramouch hiding behind the table.
- He played the scaramouch with exaggerated swagger.
- Everyone saw through the scaramouch the moment trouble started.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCARAMOUCH and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCARAMOUCH
4 longer words begin with SCARAMOUCH.
Shorter words from the letters in SCARAMOUCH
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Common questions about SCARAMOUCH
- Is SCARAMOUCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCARAMOUCH, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCARAMOUCH worth?
- SCARAMOUCH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCARAMOUCH mean?
- A boastful but cowardly person, named after a stock character in old Italian comedy.
- What letters can be added to SCARAMOUCH?
- SCARAMOUCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SCARAMOUCH:
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