LACRIMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LACRIMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACRIMAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LACRIMAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACRIMAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lacrimalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LACRIMAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LACRIMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LACRIMAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LACRIMAL
- LACRIMAL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LACRIMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Connected with tears or with the glands and ducts that produce them.
Doctors speak of the lacrimal gland above the eye and the lacrimal duct that drains tears into the nose. A blocked lacrimal passage can leave the eye watering constantly. The small bone beside the eye socket also carries this name.
How LACRIMAL is used
Used in anatomy and eye medicine; lachrymal is an older spelling.
- The surgeon cleared a blocked lacrimal duct.
- The lacrimal gland sits beneath the upper eyelid.
- A fractured lacrimal bone can follow a hard blow to the face.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACRIMAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LACRIMAL
1 longer words begin with LACRIMAL.
Shorter words from the letters in LACRIMAL
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Common questions about LACRIMAL
- Is LACRIMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACRIMAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACRIMAL worth?
- LACRIMAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACRIMAL mean?
- Connected with tears or with the glands and ducts that produce them.
- What letters can be added to LACRIMAL?
- LACRIMAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LACRIMAL:
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