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CADRE

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CADRE Means

  1. noun: a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
  2. noun: a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CADRE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 D2 R1 E1.

Anagrams of CADRE (5)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In CADRE

38 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (17)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (9)

Longer Words Containing CADRE

CADRE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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