CANULATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANULATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANULATE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANULATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANULATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANULATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANULATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANULATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CANULATE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CANULATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medicaltechnical
To insert a thin tube, called a cannula, into a body part or vessel.
To canulate a patient is to open a path for draining fluid or giving medicine through a small tube. The spelling with one n is a less common variant of cannulate, but the meaning is the same.
How CANULATE is used
Canulate is used in clinical and surgical writing, usually with a vein or duct as its object.
- The nurse had to canulate a small vein in the child's hand.
- Surgeons canulate the artery before connecting the machine.
- It is hard to canulate a vein that has collapsed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANULATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANULATE
The 8 tiles of CANULATE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CANULATE
2 longer words begin with CANULATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANULATE
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Common questions about CANULATE
- Is CANULATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANULATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANULATE worth?
- CANULATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANULATE mean?
- To insert a thin tube, called a cannula, into a body part or vessel.
- What letters can be added to CANULATE?
- CANULATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANULATE:
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