CEPHALIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CEPHALIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CEPHALIC?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CEPHALIC is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CEPHALIC
Front hooks — 1
acephalicBack hooks — 1
cephalicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CEPHALIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CEPHALIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CEPHALIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CEPHALIC
- CEPHALIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CEPHALIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the head.
Cephalic turns up in anatomy for structures near the head, such as the cephalic vein in the arm, and in midwifery for a baby lying head-down. It comes from the Greek word for head. As a noun, the word once named a medicine for headaches.
How CEPHALIC is used
Cephalic is a medical and anatomical term.
- The baby was in a cephalic position before birth.
- The cephalic vein runs along the upper arm.
- A cephalic index measures the shape of the skull.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CEPHALIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CEPHALIC
2 longer words begin with CEPHALIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CEPHALIC
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Common questions about CEPHALIC
- Is CEPHALIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CEPHALIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CEPHALIC worth?
- CEPHALIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CEPHALIC mean?
- Relating to the head.
- What letters can be added to CEPHALIC?
- CEPHALIC takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CEPHALIC:
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