FAUCAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FAUCAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAUCAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAUCAL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAUCAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
faucalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAUCAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FAUCAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does FAUCAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the fauces, the opening at the back of the mouth leading into the throat.
Faucal is chiefly an anatomical and medical word, used for structures and conditions in the back of the mouth. In phonetics it describes a sound formed deep in the throat, the kind found in some Semitic languages. It is a close cousin of the less common faucial, and both rest on the Latin plural fauces.
How FAUCAL is used
Technical; found in anatomy and in descriptions of throat sounds.
- The doctor noted redness in the faucal region.
- A faucal pillar frames each side of the opening.
- The language has a harsh faucal consonant.
- Swelling of the faucal tissue made swallowing painful.
- The linguist marked the faucal sounds in his chart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAUCAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FAUCAL
The 6 tiles of FAUCAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FAUCAL
1 longer words begin with FAUCAL.
Shorter words from the letters in FAUCAL
Common questions about FAUCAL
- Is FAUCAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAUCAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAUCAL worth?
- FAUCAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAUCAL mean?
- Relating to the fauces, the opening at the back of the mouth leading into the throat.
- What letters can be added to FAUCAL?
- FAUCAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FAUCAL:
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