FONTANEL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FONTANEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FONTANEL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FONTANEL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FONTANEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fontanelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FONTANEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FONTANEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FONTANEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FONTANEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A soft gap between the skull bones of a baby, covered by a tough membrane, where the bones have not yet joined.
The fontanel allows the head to squeeze through the birth canal and gives the brain room to grow. Parents can feel it as a gentle pulsing spot on top of the head, and it closes gradually over the first year or two.
How FONTANEL is used
Fontanel is the common medical term, with fontanelle as the other spelling.
- The nurse checked that the baby fontanel was neither sunken nor bulging.
- A fontanel is soft to the touch and protected by a membrane.
- The front fontanel usually closes before the second birthday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FONTANEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FONTANEL
3 longer words begin with FONTANEL.
Shorter words from the letters in FONTANEL
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Common questions about FONTANEL
- Is FONTANEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FONTANEL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FONTANEL worth?
- FONTANEL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FONTANEL mean?
- A soft gap between the skull bones of a baby, covered by a tough membrane, where the bones have not yet joined.
- What letters can be added to FONTANEL?
- FONTANEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FONTANEL:
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