BUCCAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUCCAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUCCAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUCCAL is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUCCAL
No single letter turns BUCCAL into another word.
How BUCCAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUCCAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.
What does BUCCAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Relating to the cheek or to the inside of the mouth.
Buccal comes from the Latin word for cheek and turns up mostly in medicine and dentistry. A dentist calls the surface of a tooth that faces the cheek its buccal side, and some medicines are placed in the pouch between gum and cheek so that they are absorbed through the buccal lining. Outside clinical writing the word is rare.
How BUCCAL is used
Technical; found in anatomy, dentistry and pharmacology rather than in ordinary conversation.
- The dentist noted decay on the buccal surface of the molar.
- A buccal tablet dissolves slowly against the gum.
- The swab was taken from the buccal lining of his mouth.
- Injury to the buccal nerve left one side of her face numb.
- Students learned to name the buccal and lingual sides of each tooth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUCCAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUCCAL
1 longer words begin with BUCCAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BUCCAL
Common questions about BUCCAL
- Is BUCCAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUCCAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUCCAL worth?
- BUCCAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUCCAL mean?
- Relating to the cheek or to the inside of the mouth.
- What letters can be added to BUCCAL?
- No single letter can be added to BUCCAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUCCAL:
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