CUNEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CUNEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUNEAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUNEAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUNEAL
No single letter turns CUNEAL into another word.
How CUNEAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUNEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about CUNEAL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CUNEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Shaped like a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially when describing a bone, structure, or cross-section in anatomy.
Anatomists use cuneal to describe a bone or part of a bone that narrows to a point on one side, much like a wedge used for splitting wood, and the word appears in names for several small wedge-shaped bones in the foot and skull. It is closely related to the more common word cuneate, which describes the same wedge-like shape and is often used in botany for a leaf that narrows sharply toward its base. Both words come from the Latin cuneus, meaning wedge, and cuneal remains the less common of the two, appearing mainly in specialized medical and scientific writing.
How CUNEAL is used
A technical anatomical term, used mainly in medical and scientific descriptions of wedge-shaped bones or structures.
- The scan revealed a small cuneal bone at the base of the foot.
- The textbook described the cuneal shape of the fragment in cross-section.
- Surgeons noted the cuneal outline of the damaged cartilage.
- A cuneal deformity in the bone made the fracture harder to set.
- The diagram highlighted each cuneal structure in the ankle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUNEAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CUNEAL
The 6 tiles of CUNEAL in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CUNEAL
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Common questions about CUNEAL
- Is CUNEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUNEAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUNEAL worth?
- CUNEAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUNEAL mean?
- Shaped like a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially when describing a bone, structure, or cross-section in anatomy.
- What letters can be added to CUNEAL?
- No single letter can be added to CUNEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUNEAL:
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