CACUMINAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CACUMINAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CACUMINAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACUMINAL is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACUMINAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cacuminalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CACUMINAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CACUMINAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CACUMINAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CACUMINAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a speech sound made with the tip of the tongue curled back toward the roof of the mouth.
Phoneticians use cacuminal as an older synonym of retroflex. The retroflex consonants of Hindi and Tamil are classic examples, which English speakers often find hard to tell apart.
How CACUMINAL is used
Found mainly in older or specialist linguistics writing.
- The cacuminal consonants of Sanskrit puzzle many learners.
- He described the sound as cacuminal because the tongue tip curls back.
- A cacuminal articulation is typical of several Indian languages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACUMINAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CACUMINAL
1 longer words begin with CACUMINAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CACUMINAL
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Common questions about CACUMINAL
- Is CACUMINAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACUMINAL, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACUMINAL worth?
- CACUMINAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACUMINAL mean?
- Describing a speech sound made with the tip of the tongue curled back toward the roof of the mouth.
- What letters can be added to CACUMINAL?
- CACUMINAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CACUMINAL:
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