ALTRICIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALTRICIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALTRICIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALTRICIAL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALTRICIAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
altricialsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALTRICIAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALTRICIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALTRICIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALTRICIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Born or hatched helpless and needing long care from the parents.
Altricial young, such as baby pigeons or songbirds, arrive naked and blind and must be fed in the nest. Biologists contrast them with precocial young, which can move about soon after birth. Humans are often described as altricial too.
How ALTRICIAL is used
A zoology term used of species or their young, as in altricial chicks.
- Sparrows are altricial, so the chicks stay long in the nest.
- Ducklings are not altricial; they walk within hours.
- The altricial young of the dove are fed crop milk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALTRICIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALTRICIAL
1 longer words begin with ALTRICIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ALTRICIAL
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Common questions about ALTRICIAL
- Is ALTRICIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALTRICIAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALTRICIAL worth?
- ALTRICIAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALTRICIAL mean?
- Born or hatched helpless and needing long care from the parents.
- What letters can be added to ALTRICIAL?
- ALTRICIAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALTRICIAL:
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