8-Letter Words Starting With CALI
- 16 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With CALI
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With CALI 16 words
How common is CALI at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 16 eight-letter words that start with CALI. They average 12.9 points, the best is CALICHES (15 points) and 56.3% end in S.
- Total words
- 16
- Average Scrabble score
- 12.9
- out of 15 max
- Everyday words
- 6%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 56.3% of words
Most common last letters
- s 56.3%
- a 6.3%
- d 6.3%
Top vowel pairs
- oe12.5%
- ee6.3%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with CALI
c 3a 1l 1i 1c 3h 4e 1s 1
C 3 + A 1 + L 1 + I 1 + C 3 + H 4 + E 1 + S 1 = 15 points
- Double word
- 30 pts
- Triple word
- 45 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
caliches
Form of caliche
- nouncrust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
- nounnitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
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How many eight-letter words that start with CALI are there?
There are 16 eight-letter words that start with CALI in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with CALI?
CALICHES is worth 15 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are CALIPASH (15), CALIPHAL (15), CALIDITY (14).
Which rare eight-letter words that start with CALI score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include CALIPHAL (15), CALIDITY (14), CALIBRED (13), CALIFONT (13). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.