CAPSIDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CAPSIDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPSIDAL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPSIDAL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPSIDAL
No single letter turns CAPSIDAL into another word.
How CAPSIDAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAPSIDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAPSIDAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAPSIDAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a capsid, the protein shell of a virus.
Virologists use capsidal for proteins and structures forming that shell around the genetic material. In entomology a different capsid is a plant bug, so context matters.
How CAPSIDAL is used
Technical term from virology.
- Capsidal proteins assemble around the viral genome.
- The study mapped capsidal mutations.
- A capsidal change altered how the virus infected cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPSIDAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPSIDAL
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Common questions about CAPSIDAL
- Is CAPSIDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPSIDAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPSIDAL worth?
- CAPSIDAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPSIDAL mean?
- Relating to a capsid, the protein shell of a virus.
- What letters can be added to CAPSIDAL?
- No single letter can be added to CAPSIDAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAPSIDAL:
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