CALCULUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CALCULUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALCULUS?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALCULUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALCULUS
No single letter turns CALCULUS into another word.
How CALCULUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CALCULUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALCULUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALCULUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The branch of mathematics that deals with rates of change and areas through derivatives and integrals, or a hard mineral deposit in the body such as a kidney stone.
Most readers know calculus as the course that follows algebra and geometry, with its differential and integral halves. The medical sense, a stone in the kidney or gall bladder, comes from the Latin word for a pebble.
How CALCULUS is used
Used in mathematics and in medicine, and figuratively for a system of reasoning.
- She struggled with calculus until the idea of a limit made sense.
- The calculus of the deal favoured the buyer.
- A calculus in the kidney caused sharp pain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALCULUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALCULUS
1 longer words begin with CALCULUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CALCULUS
Common questions about CALCULUS
- Is CALCULUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALCULUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALCULUS worth?
- CALCULUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALCULUS mean?
- The branch of mathematics that deals with rates of change and areas through derivatives and integrals, or a hard mineral deposit in the body such as a kidney stone.
- What letters can be added to CALCULUS?
- No single letter can be added to CALCULUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CALCULUS:
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