ANGELICA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ANGELICA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANGELICA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANGELICA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGELICA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANGELICA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANGELICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANGELICA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANGELICA
- ANGELICA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANGELICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall aromatic plant of the parsley family whose stalks are candied for cakes and whose parts are used in herbal medicine.
Pastry cooks know angelica as the green candied strips that decorate trifles and cakes. Gardeners grow the plant for its large leaves and yellowish-green flower heads.
How ANGELICA is used
Mentioned in baking, gardening and herbal medicine, either for the plant or for its candied stalk.
- The trifle was decorated with strips of angelica.
- Angelica grows tall in damp garden corners.
- She bought candied angelica for the Christmas cake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGELICA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANGELICA
3 longer words begin with ANGELICA.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGELICA
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Common questions about ANGELICA
- Is ANGELICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGELICA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGELICA worth?
- ANGELICA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGELICA mean?
- A tall aromatic plant of the parsley family whose stalks are candied for cakes and whose parts are used in herbal medicine.
- What letters can be added to ANGELICA?
- ANGELICA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANGELICA:
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