CECAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CECAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CECAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CECAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CECAL
No single letter turns CECAL into another word.
How CECAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CECAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does CECAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or affecting the cecum, the pouch-like beginning of the large intestine.
Cecal describes anything connected with the cecum, the blind pouch located where the small intestine joins the large intestine and to which the appendix is attached in humans. Doctors and anatomists use the term in phrases such as cecal volvulus or cecal perforation to describe conditions affecting this part of the digestive tract. The adjective is formed regularly from the noun cecum, following the same pattern as other Latin-derived anatomical terms.
How CECAL is used
Technical, medical adjective; found mainly in anatomy and clinical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The surgeon identified a cecal perforation during the operation.
- Cecal volvulus is a rare but serious twisting of the intestine.
- The report described mild cecal inflammation on the scan.
- Veterinarians noted cecal enlargement in the affected rabbits.
- The textbook diagram labeled the cecal region of the colon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CECAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CECAL
1 longer words begin with CECAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CECAL
Common questions about CECAL
- Is CECAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CECAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CECAL worth?
- CECAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CECAL mean?
- Relating to or affecting the cecum, the pouch-like beginning of the large intestine.
- What letters can be added to CECAL?
- No single letter can be added to CECAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CECAL:
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