ANIMALCULUM is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ANIMALCULUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANIMALCULUM?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANIMALCULUM is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANIMALCULUM
No single letter turns ANIMALCULUM into another word.
How ANIMALCULUM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANIMALCULUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANIMALCULUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANIMALCULUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaictechnical
A microscopic creature, such as an amoeba.
Animalculum is the singular Latin form, with animalcula as the plural. Early microscopists used it for the tiny moving life they saw in pond water.
How ANIMALCULUM is used
Old scientific term; animalcule is the common English form.
- The drop held a single animalculum.
- Leeuwenhoek described each animalculum he saw.
- An animalculum darted across the slide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANIMALCULUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about ANIMALCULUM
- Is ANIMALCULUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANIMALCULUM, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANIMALCULUM worth?
- ANIMALCULUM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANIMALCULUM mean?
- A microscopic creature, such as an amoeba.
- What letters can be added to ANIMALCULUM?
- No single letter can be added to ANIMALCULUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANIMALCULUM:
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