INFAUNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INFAUNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFAUNAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFAUNAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFAUNAL
No single letter turns INFAUNAL into another word.
How INFAUNAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INFAUNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INFAUNAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INFAUNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Living buried in the sediment at the bottom of a sea, river or lake.
Clams, worms and some crustaceans are infaunal animals that burrow into mud or sand instead of crawling on top. Marine biologists contrast them with epifaunal species living on the surface.
How INFAUNAL is used
Used in marine biology and ecology.
- The infaunal community in the estuary mud was surprisingly rich.
- Divers sampled infaunal worms from the sandy seabed.
- An infaunal clam digs deep to escape predators.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFAUNAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INFAUNAL
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Common questions about INFAUNAL
- Is INFAUNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFAUNAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFAUNAL worth?
- INFAUNAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFAUNAL mean?
- Living buried in the sediment at the bottom of a sea, river or lake.
- What letters can be added to INFAUNAL?
- No single letter can be added to INFAUNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INFAUNAL:
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