FECAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FECAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FECAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FECAL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FECAL
No single letter turns FECAL into another word.
How FECAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FECAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FECAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or consisting of feces, the solid waste matter discharged from the bowels.
Fecal is the standard clinical adjective used across medicine and biology whenever waste material from the digestive tract needs to be described precisely, as in a fecal sample tested for infection or fecal matter contaminating water. The American spelling fecal contrasts with the British faecal, though both refer to the same substance. Public health officials also rely on the word when discussing fecal contamination of water supplies or food.
How FECAL is used
Common in medical, laboratory, and public health writing; American spelling, contrasted with British faecal.
- The lab tested a fecal sample for signs of parasites.
- Fecal contamination of the well water caused the outbreak.
- Doctors ordered a fecal occult blood test to check for bleeding.
- Poor sanitation increases the risk of fecal-borne disease.
- Veterinarians examined a fecal sample from the sick dog.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FECAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FECAL
Common questions about FECAL
- Is FECAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FECAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FECAL worth?
- FECAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FECAL mean?
- Relating to or consisting of feces, the solid waste matter discharged from the bowels.
- What letters can be added to FECAL?
- No single letter can be added to FECAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FECAL:
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