CORTICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CORTICAL 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 CORTICAL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORTICAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORTICAL
No single letter turns CORTICAL into another word.
How CORTICAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CORTICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORTICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CORTICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the cortex, the outer layer of an organ such as the brain or kidney.
Neurologists speak of cortical activity when they mean signals in the brain's folded surface. In botany the same word describes tissue just under the outer skin of a root or stem.
How CORTICAL is used
Common in neuroscience, anatomy and plant biology.
- The scan showed reduced cortical activity.
- Cortical thickness changes with age, and the cortical folds deepen.
- The stroke damaged a cortical region linked to speech.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORTICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CORTICAL
1 longer words begin with CORTICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CORTICAL
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Common questions about CORTICAL
- Is CORTICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORTICAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORTICAL worth?
- CORTICAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORTICAL mean?
- Relating to the cortex, the outer layer of an organ such as the brain or kidney.
- What letters can be added to CORTICAL?
- No single letter can be added to CORTICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CORTICAL:
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