AURICULA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AURICULA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AURICULA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AURICULA is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AURICULA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AURICULA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AURICULA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AURICULA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AURICULA
- AURICULA 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 AURICULA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A primula native to the Alps with leathery leaves and velvety, often yellow flowers, widely grown as a garden plant.
Growers have bred the auricula into many show varieties with striking, flat-faced blooms. The name comes from the Latin for a little ear, a nod to the shape of its leaves. In anatomy the same word names the outer part of the ear or an ear-shaped lobe of the heart.
How AURICULA is used
Gardeners talk about the auricula as a showy spring plant, while anatomists use the word for ear-like parts.
- The auricula in the clay pot bloomed a deep, dusty yellow.
- Collectors display each auricula on a small tiered stage.
- The surgeon examined the left auricula of the heart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AURICULA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AURICULA
8 longer words begin with AURICULA.
Shorter words from the letters in AURICULA
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Common questions about AURICULA
- Is AURICULA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AURICULA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AURICULA worth?
- AURICULA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AURICULA mean?
- A primula native to the Alps with leathery leaves and velvety, often yellow flowers, widely grown as a garden plant.
- What letters can be added to AURICULA?
- AURICULA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AURICULA:
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