FORNICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FORNICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORNICAL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORNICAL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORNICAL
No single letter turns FORNICAL into another word.
How FORNICAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FORNICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORNICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FORNICAL
- All 8 letters of FORNICAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FORNICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a fornix, an arched or vaulted anatomical structure.
Fornical turns up in anatomy texts that discuss the arch-shaped fibre tract in the brain or the vaulted folds of other organs. It is a narrow technical word, unknown outside medicine and biology. It helps to know that the fornix is the structure it points back to.
How FORNICAL is used
Restricted to anatomical and medical writing.
- The surgeon noted a fornical lesion on the scan.
- Fornical fibres link the hippocampus to other brain regions.
- The textbook shows a fornical arch in section.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORNICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FORNICAL
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Common questions about FORNICAL
- Is FORNICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORNICAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORNICAL worth?
- FORNICAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORNICAL mean?
- Relating to a fornix, an arched or vaulted anatomical structure.
- What letters can be added to FORNICAL?
- No single letter can be added to FORNICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FORNICAL:
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