CEREBRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CEREBRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CEREBRAL?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CEREBRAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CEREBRAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cerebralsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CEREBRAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CEREBRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CEREBRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CEREBRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to the brain, or appealing to the intellect rather than to the emotions.
Doctors speak of cerebral blood vessels or a cerebral haemorrhage, meaning something in the brain. Critics call a film or a person cerebral when thought matters more than feeling.
How CEREBRAL is used
Medical in one sense, descriptive of style or character in the other.
- The patient suffered a cerebral haemorrhage.
- It is a cerebral thriller that rewards close attention.
- He had a cerebral approach to chess.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CEREBRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CEREBRAL
6 longer words begin with CEREBRAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CEREBRAL
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Common questions about CEREBRAL
- Is CEREBRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CEREBRAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CEREBRAL worth?
- CEREBRAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CEREBRAL mean?
- Relating to the brain, or appealing to the intellect rather than to the emotions.
- What letters can be added to CEREBRAL?
- CEREBRAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CEREBRAL:
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