Cadet
/kəˈdɛt/
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Cadet
noun
- A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
- (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
"a cadet branch of the family"
- A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
- A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
Anagrams of Cadet
Letter Values
c3
a1
d2
e1
t1
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Cadet
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Cadet"
Cadet is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "cadet" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Cadet" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "cadet" is a low-scoring word.