AVICULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AVICULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVICULAR?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVICULAR is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVICULAR
Front hooks — 1
navicularBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AVICULAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AVICULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AVICULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AVICULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to birds.
Avicular appears in scientific and old-fashioned writing where plain bird would feel too simple. It sits in the same family as aviary and avian.
How AVICULAR is used
Rare, formal and mostly scientific.
- The professor gave a lecture on avicular anatomy.
- An avicular tone ran through the poems, full of wings and song.
- The museum devoted a hall to avicular fossils.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVICULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AVICULAR
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Common questions about AVICULAR
- Is AVICULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVICULAR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVICULAR worth?
- AVICULAR is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVICULAR mean?
- Relating to birds.
- What letters can be added to AVICULAR?
- AVICULAR takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AVICULAR:
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