FISTULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FISTULAR 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 FISTULAR?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FISTULAR is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FISTULAR
No single letter turns FISTULAR into another word.
How FISTULAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FISTULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FISTULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FISTULAR
- All 8 letters of FISTULAR are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FISTULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Hollow and tubular like a pipe or reed.
Botanists describe stems and leaves as fistular when they are hollow cylinders, as in a chive or an onion leaf. The word comes from the Latin for a pipe, and it also appears in medicine in connection with a fistula.
How FISTULAR is used
Fistular is a technical descriptive term in botany and anatomy.
- The plant has fistular stems that break with a hollow snap.
- Chives are known for their fistular leaves.
- A fistular structure ran along the side of the specimen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FISTULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FISTULAR
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Common questions about FISTULAR
- Is FISTULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FISTULAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FISTULAR worth?
- FISTULAR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FISTULAR mean?
- Hollow and tubular like a pipe or reed.
- What letters can be added to FISTULAR?
- No single letter can be added to FISTULAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FISTULAR:
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