FUCOIDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FUCOIDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUCOIDAL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUCOIDAL is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUCOIDAL
No single letter turns FUCOIDAL into another word.
How FUCOIDAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FUCOIDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FUCOIDAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FUCOIDAL
- All 8 letters of FUCOIDAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FUCOIDAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to seaweed, or containing marks left by fossil seaweed.
Fucoidal turns up in geology, where a fucoidal sandstone preserves the shapes of ancient seaweeds. Outside earth science the word is almost never met.
How FUCOIDAL is used
A specialist term from geology and botany, as in fucoidal sandstone.
- The cliff face showed a band of fucoidal sandstone.
- He described the fucoidal markings in the rock in his notes.
- A fucoidal layer ran along the edge of the quarry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUCOIDAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FUCOIDAL
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Common questions about FUCOIDAL
- Is FUCOIDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUCOIDAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUCOIDAL worth?
- FUCOIDAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUCOIDAL mean?
- Relating to seaweed, or containing marks left by fossil seaweed.
- What letters can be added to FUCOIDAL?
- No single letter can be added to FUCOIDAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FUCOIDAL:
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