EPIFAUNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EPIFAUNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIFAUNAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIFAUNAL is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIFAUNAL
No single letter turns EPIFAUNAL into another word.
How EPIFAUNAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EPIFAUNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPIFAUNAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EPIFAUNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing animals that live on the surface of the seabed, a lakebed or another solid object under water.
Epifaunal creatures cling to rocks, shells or pilings instead of burrowing into mud. Barnacles and starfish are typical epifaunal animals. The opposite lifestyle belongs to species that dig into the sediment.
How EPIFAUNAL is used
Epifaunal appears mostly in marine biology and ecology texts about life on the bottom of the sea.
- The survey counted epifaunal species on the surface of the reef.
- Mussels and barnacles form an epifaunal community on the harbour wall.
- An epifaunal snail crawled over the stone instead of burying itself.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIFAUNAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIFAUNAL
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Common questions about EPIFAUNAL
- Is EPIFAUNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIFAUNAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIFAUNAL worth?
- EPIFAUNAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIFAUNAL mean?
- Describing animals that live on the surface of the seabed, a lakebed or another solid object under water.
- What letters can be added to EPIFAUNAL?
- No single letter can be added to EPIFAUNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EPIFAUNAL:
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