CAMBIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CAMBIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAMBIAL?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAMBIAL is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAMBIAL
No single letter turns CAMBIAL into another word.
How CAMBIAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CAMBIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does CAMBIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Of or relating to the cambium, the growing layer of tissue in plant stems and roots.
The cambial layer lies between the bark and the wood and adds new cells each season, giving rise to tree rings. Botanists talk about cambial activity when explaining how a trunk grows thicker.
How CAMBIAL is used
Cambial is a plant-biology term.
- Cambial growth slows in winter.
- The botanist examined the cambial tissue under a lens.
- Damage to the cambial layer can kill a young tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAMBIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CAMBIAL
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Common questions about CAMBIAL
- Is CAMBIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAMBIAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAMBIAL worth?
- CAMBIAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAMBIAL mean?
- Of or relating to the cambium, the growing layer of tissue in plant stems and roots.
- What letters can be added to CAMBIAL?
- No single letter can be added to CAMBIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CAMBIAL:
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