FOCAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FOCAL 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 FOCAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOCAL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOCAL
Front hooks — 1
afocalBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How FOCAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOCAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does FOCAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to or forming a focus, especially the central point of interest or the point where light rays meet.
Focal describes whatever sits at the centre of attention or at the point where light, sound, or activity converges, so a room's fireplace might serve as its focal point while a lens has its own focal length. Photographers rely on the focal length of a lens to decide how wide or narrow a scene will appear, and doctors speak of a focal infection when illness is limited to one part of the body. In every case the word points back to focus, marking whatever the rest of a picture, discussion, or design gathers around.
How FOCAL is used
Common in everyday and technical writing alike, especially in photography, architecture and medicine.
- The fireplace became the focal point of the living room.
- A longer focal length brings distant subjects closer.
- Doctors traced the illness to a focal infection in one lung.
- The garden was arranged around a single focal tree.
- Investigators searched for the focal cause of the outbreak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOCAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOCAL
13 longer words begin with FOCAL.
Words ending in FOCAL
12 words end in FOCAL. Useful as a back hook: play FOCAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOCAL inside
20 words contain FOCAL in the middle. Words that start with FOCAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOCAL
Common questions about FOCAL
- Is FOCAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOCAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOCAL worth?
- FOCAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOCAL mean?
- Relating to or forming a focus, especially the central point of interest or the point where light rays meet.
- What letters can be added to FOCAL?
- FOCAL takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOCAL:
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