BRACTEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BRACTEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRACTEAL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRACTEAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRACTEAL
No single letter turns BRACTEAL into another word.
How BRACTEAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BRACTEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRACTEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRACTEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotany
Relating to or resembling a bract, a leaf-like part growing near a flower.
Bracteal is a botanical adjective used when describing flower clusters and their small scaly leaves. A bracteal leaf sits at the base of a flower stalk and may be tiny or brightly coloured.
How BRACTEAL is used
Bracteal is used in plant descriptions and floras.
- The bracteal leaves are green and narrow.
- A bracteal scale protects each young flower.
- The botanist noted the bracteal structure of the spike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRACTEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRACTEAL
The 8 tiles of BRACTEAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BRACTEAL
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Common questions about BRACTEAL
- Is BRACTEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRACTEAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRACTEAL worth?
- BRACTEAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRACTEAL mean?
- Relating to or resembling a bract, a leaf-like part growing near a flower.
- What letters can be added to BRACTEAL?
- No single letter can be added to BRACTEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BRACTEAL:
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