GASTRULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GASTRULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GASTRULAR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GASTRULAR is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GASTRULAR
No single letter turns GASTRULAR into another word.
How GASTRULAR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GASTRULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GASTRULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GASTRULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a gastrula, the early cup-shaped stage of an animal embryo.
Gastrular describes events at the stage after the blastula, when the embryo forms its first layers of cells. Embryologists use it for structures and movements typical of that time. The term has no everyday use outside biology.
How GASTRULAR is used
Used in embryology and developmental biology.
- The gastrular stage begins when the cells fold inward.
- Researchers studied gastrular movements in frog embryos.
- A gastrular defect can disturb later growth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GASTRULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GASTRULAR
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Common questions about GASTRULAR
- Is GASTRULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GASTRULAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GASTRULAR worth?
- GASTRULAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GASTRULAR mean?
- Relating to a gastrula, the early cup-shaped stage of an animal embryo.
- What letters can be added to GASTRULAR?
- No single letter can be added to GASTRULAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GASTRULAR:
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