CANALICULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CANALICULAR 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 CANALICULAR?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANALICULAR is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANALICULAR
No single letter turns CANALICULAR into another word.
How CANALICULAR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CANALICULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANALICULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANALICULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or shaped like a canaliculus, a very small channel in the body.
Anatomists use canalicular for fine tubes found in bone, in the liver and in the tear ducts of the eye. The tiny size is part of the idea, since larger channels are simply called canals. Pathologists meet the word when describing tissue under a microscope.
How CANALICULAR is used
Canalicular is a specialist term in anatomy and pathology.
- The canalicular system of the bone carries nutrients to its cells.
- A canalicular blockage can cause a watery eye.
- The slide showed fine canalicular structures in the liver.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANALICULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CANALICULAR
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Common questions about CANALICULAR
- Is CANALICULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANALICULAR, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANALICULAR worth?
- CANALICULAR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANALICULAR mean?
- Relating to or shaped like a canaliculus, a very small channel in the body.
- What letters can be added to CANALICULAR?
- No single letter can be added to CANALICULAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CANALICULAR:
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