What CANVASS Means
- noun: the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account“the crowded canvas of history”
- noun: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- verb: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
- verb: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CANVASS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 N1 V4 A1 S1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CANVASS
37 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (14)
3 letter words (13)
2 letter words (4)
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