CALCANEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CALCANEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALCANEAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALCANEAL is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALCANEAL
No single letter turns CALCANEAL into another word.
How CALCANEAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CALCANEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALCANEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALCANEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the heel bone of the foot.
Doctors use calcaneal when a problem, pain or injury sits in the back of the foot. It is an anatomical label, so it appears mostly in clinical and sports-medicine writing.
How CALCANEAL is used
The word calcaneal is almost always followed by a body part, as in calcaneal spur.
- The scan showed a small calcaneal spur under the heel.
- She was treated for calcaneal pain after the marathon.
- A calcaneal fracture can follow a fall from a ladder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALCANEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CALCANEAL
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Common questions about CALCANEAL
- Is CALCANEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALCANEAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALCANEAL worth?
- CALCANEAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALCANEAL mean?
- Relating to the heel bone of the foot.
- What letters can be added to CALCANEAL?
- No single letter can be added to CALCANEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CALCANEAL:
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