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8-Letter Words Starting With CENTA

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Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With CENTA

The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.

All 8-Letter Words Starting With CENTA 5 words

How common is CENTA at the start of eight-letter words?

Our combined English word list has 5 eight-letter words that start with CENTA. They average 11.4 points and the best is CENTAVOS (13 points).

Total words
5
Average Scrabble score
11.4
out of 13 max
Everyday words
0%
common in ordinary English
Most common ending
S
80% of words

Most common last letters

  • s 80%
  • y 20%

Top vowel pairs

  • au40%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with CENTA

c 3e 1n 1t 1a 1v 4o 1s 1

C 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + V 4 + O 1 + S 1 = 13 points

Double word
26 pts
Triple word
39 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

centavos

Form of centavo

  1. nouna fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
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How many eight-letter words that start with CENTA are there?

There are 5 eight-letter words that start with CENTA 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 CENTA?

CENTAVOS is worth 13 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are CENTAURY (13), CENTAGES (11), CENTAURS (10).