DUCTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DUCTAL 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 DUCTAL?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUCTAL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUCTAL
No single letter turns DUCTAL into another word.
How DUCTAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DUCTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does DUCTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of, relating to or occurring in a duct, a narrow tube that carries fluid in the body.
Doctors use ductal mostly in connection with the breast and the pancreas, whose tissue is lined with small channels. Ductal carcinoma, for example, is a cancer that begins in those channels. The word is built from duct plus the ending -al, and it is almost always paired with a noun that names a condition, a cell type or an area of tissue.
How DUCTAL is used
Medical term; normally seen in diagnoses and clinical reports.
- The scan revealed a ductal abnormality near the liver.
- She was told the cells were ductal in origin.
- A ductal system carries milk toward the surface.
- The pathologist examined the ductal tissue under a microscope.
- A ductal blockage can cause pain after eating.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUCTAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DUCTAL
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Common questions about DUCTAL
- Is DUCTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUCTAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUCTAL worth?
- DUCTAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUCTAL mean?
- Of, relating to or occurring in a duct, a narrow tube that carries fluid in the body.
- What letters can be added to DUCTAL?
- No single letter can be added to DUCTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DUCTAL:
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