APICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. APICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APICAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APICAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APICAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
apicalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APICAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in APICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does APICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Situated at, or forming, the tip or highest point of something.
Botanists speak of the apical bud at the end of a shoot, which drives upward growth, and dentists speak of the apical end of a tooth root. In phonetics an apical consonant is made with the tip of the tongue, as in a trilled r. The word is built on apex, the Latin term for a peak.
How APICAL is used
Technical; common in biology, dentistry and phonetics.
- The gardener pinched out the apical bud to make the plant bushy.
- An apical infection sat at the very end of the tooth root.
- The trilled r is an apical sound in Spanish.
- Growth at the apical tip of the root is rapid in spring.
- The doctor listened at the apical region of the heart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APICAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APICAL
2 longer words begin with APICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in APICAL
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Common questions about APICAL
- Is APICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APICAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APICAL worth?
- APICAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APICAL mean?
- Situated at, or forming, the tip or highest point of something.
- What letters can be added to APICAL?
- APICAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of APICAL:
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