FILARIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FILARIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILARIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILARIAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILARIAL
No single letter turns FILARIAL into another word.
How FILARIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FILARIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FILARIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FILARIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to, caused by or infested with filariae, the threadlike parasitic worms that live in the blood and tissues.
Filarial infections are spread by biting insects and can lead to swelling conditions such as elephantiasis. The word filarial is therefore a staple of tropical-medicine writing and public-health reports.
How FILARIAL is used
Filarial is used in medicine and parasitology, often alongside terms such as infection or disease.
- Filarial disease remains a public-health concern in several warm regions.
- The patient showed typical filarial swelling in one leg.
- Mass treatment programmes aim to break the filarial cycle of transmission.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILARIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FILARIAL
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Common questions about FILARIAL
- Is FILARIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILARIAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILARIAL worth?
- FILARIAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILARIAL mean?
- Relating to, caused by or infested with filariae, the threadlike parasitic worms that live in the blood and tissues.
- What letters can be added to FILARIAL?
- No single letter can be added to FILARIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FILARIAL:
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