EXUVIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EXUVIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXUVIAL?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXUVIAL is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXUVIAL
No single letter turns EXUVIAL into another word.
How EXUVIAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EXUVIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does EXUVIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalzoology
Relating to the cast-off skin or outer covering of an animal.
Entomologists describe an exuvial case as the empty shell left behind after moulting. The adjective points to what a creature leaves, not to the creature itself.
How EXUVIAL is used
The adjective exuvial is used in zoology, especially about insects and reptiles.
- The exuvial skin of the snake lay in the grass.
- He collected exuvial shells from the pond reeds.
- An exuvial fragment was all that remained of the larva.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXUVIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about EXUVIAL
- Is EXUVIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXUVIAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXUVIAL worth?
- EXUVIAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXUVIAL mean?
- Relating to the cast-off skin or outer covering of an animal.
- What letters can be added to EXUVIAL?
- No single letter can be added to EXUVIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EXUVIAL:
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