FAUCIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FAUCIAL 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 FAUCIAL?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAUCIAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAUCIAL
No single letter turns FAUCIAL into another word.
How FAUCIAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FAUCIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does FAUCIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of or produced in the throat passage at the back of the mouth, between the soft palate and the tonsils.
Doctors use faucial when describing the arches, tonsils or inflammation around the throat entrance. The word also appears in phonetics for sounds made far back in the mouth.
How FAUCIAL is used
Specialist anatomical term.
- The faucial tonsils were red and swollen.
- A faucial infection made swallowing painful.
- He studied the faucial region with a lamp.
- Faucial arches frame the entrance to the throat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAUCIAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FAUCIAL
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Common questions about FAUCIAL
- Is FAUCIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAUCIAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAUCIAL worth?
- FAUCIAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAUCIAL mean?
- Of or produced in the throat passage at the back of the mouth, between the soft palate and the tonsils.
- What letters can be added to FAUCIAL?
- No single letter can be added to FAUCIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FAUCIAL:
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