TELECAST is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TELECAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TELECAST?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TELECAST is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELECAST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
telecastsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TELECAST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TELECAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TELECAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TELECAST
- TELECAST begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TELECAST mean in Scrabble?
verb
To broadcast a programme by television.
Telecast arose in the early days of the small screen, as a cousin of radio broadcast. As a noun it names the show itself, such as a live match that families watched at home.
How TELECAST is used
Telecast works as a verb and a noun, and is common in sports and news coverage.
- The network will telecast the final live on Sunday.
- The channel plans to telecast the ceremony in full.
- Millions watched the telecast of the launch.
- Stations agreed to telecast the speech at noon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELECAST and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TELECAST
5 longer words begin with TELECAST.
Shorter words from the letters in TELECAST
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Common questions about TELECAST
- Is TELECAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELECAST, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELECAST worth?
- TELECAST is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELECAST mean?
- To broadcast a programme by television.
- What letters can be added to TELECAST?
- TELECAST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TELECAST:
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