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Is carful a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word carful is a Scrabble US word. The word carful is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3A1R1F4U1L1

Is carful a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word carful is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3A1R1F4U1L1

Is carful a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word carful is a Words With Friends word. The word carful is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1F4U2L2

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6-letter words (3 found)

CARFUL,FULCRA,FURCAL,

5-letter words (2 found)

FURAL,FURCA,

4-letter words (11 found)

CALF,CARL,CAUF,CAUL,CURF,CURL,FARL,FAUR,FRAU,FURL,LAUF,

3-letter words (18 found)

ALF,ALU,ARC,ARF,AUF,CAF,CAL,CAR,CRU,CUR,FAR,FLU,FRA,FUR,LAC,LAR,LUR,RUC,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AR,FA,FU,LA,UR,

You can make 40 words from carful according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carful

carful

Etymology

From Middle English carful (“cartful”), equivalent to car +‎ -ful. Shift in meaning follows that of "cart" to modern senses of car. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koareful (“a cartful”), West Frisian karfol (“a cartful”), German Karrevoll (“a cartful”).

Noun

carful (plural carfuls or carsful)

  1. As much as a car will hold. (Usually with reference to an automobile; sometimes with reference to a railroad car, especially in 19th-century texts.)
    Coordinate terms: carload (sometimes synonymous); busful, planeful, trailerful, truckful, vanful, wagonful
    Tourists were arriving by the carful.

Anagrams

  • fulcra, furcal

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ċearful

Etymology

From caru +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑr.ful/

Adjective

carful

  1. anxious
  2. careful
  3. mindful
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"

Declension

Derived terms

  • carfullīċe

Descendants

  • Middle English: careful
    • English: careful

Source: wiktionary.org