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CAKEWALK

8 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CAKEWALK Means

  1. noun: a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
  2. noun: an easy accomplishment“winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him”
  3. verb: perform the cakewalk dance

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CAKEWALK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 K5 E1 W4 A1 L1 K5.

Words Made From The Letters In CAKEWALK

70 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.

5 letter words (6)

4 letter words (30)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (9)

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