CANALICULUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CANALICULUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANALICULUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANALICULUS is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANALICULUS
No single letter turns CANALICULUS into another word.
How CANALICULUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CANALICULUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANALICULUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANALICULUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A very small channel or duct in the body, such as one in bone or one draining tears from the eye.
Each eyelid has a canaliculus that carries tears towards the nose. In bone, tiny canaliculi link the cells so nutrients can pass between them. The plural form is canaliculi, and the Latin root means little channel.
How CANALICULUS is used
Canaliculus is an anatomical term; its plural is canaliculi.
- A small stone blocked the canaliculus and the eye kept watering.
- The surgeon probed the canaliculus gently with a thin tool.
- Each canaliculus in the bone is only a fraction of a millimetre wide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANALICULUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about CANALICULUS
- Is CANALICULUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANALICULUS, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANALICULUS worth?
- CANALICULUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANALICULUS mean?
- A very small channel or duct in the body, such as one in bone or one draining tears from the eye.
- What letters can be added to CANALICULUS?
- No single letter can be added to CANALICULUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CANALICULUS:
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