ACALCULIA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points

It depends on the list you play by. ACALCULIA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

Which word lists accept ACALCULIA?

Word power: 30 / 100

Our own measure of how useful ACALCULIA is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ACALCULIA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How ACALCULIA scores

Face value of the 9 tiles in ACALCULIA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACALCULIA has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about ACALCULIA

• ACALCULIA begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with ACALCULIA

1 longer words begin with ACALCULIA.

Shorter words from the letters in ACALCULIA

Common questions about ACALCULIA

Is ACALCULIA valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACALCULIA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is ACALCULIA worth?

ACALCULIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ACALCULIA?

ACALCULIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.