FACULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FACULAR 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 FACULAR?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FACULAR is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACULAR
No single letter turns FACULAR into another word.
How FACULAR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FACULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does FACULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to faculae, the bright patches seen on the surface of the sun.
Astronomers use facular for the hot, bright regions that often appear near sunspots. Their brightness matters because it changes the amount of light the sun puts out.
How FACULAR is used
Specialist term in solar astronomy.
- A facular region brightened near the sunspot.
- The team measured facular activity over a cycle.
- Facular brightening raises the sun's output slightly.
- Their model described the facular contribution.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACULAR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FACULAR
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Common questions about FACULAR
- Is FACULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACULAR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACULAR worth?
- FACULAR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACULAR mean?
- Relating to faculae, the bright patches seen on the surface of the sun.
- What letters can be added to FACULAR?
- No single letter can be added to FACULAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FACULAR:
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