LACUNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LACUNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACUNAL?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LACUNAL is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACUNAL
No single letter turns LACUNAL into another word.
How LACUNAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LACUNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What stands out about LACUNAL
- LACUNAL 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 LACUNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to or having a lacuna, a gap or small cavity.
Lacunal describes anything marked by gaps, whether holes in a manuscript or hollows in bone tissue. It is a rare technical alternative to lacunar.
How LACUNAL is used
Lacunal is seldom met outside anatomy and textual scholarship, where it modifies words like space or defect.
- The scribe left a lacunal space where the line was damaged.
- A lacunal cavity was seen in the bone slice.
- The text is lacunal in several chapters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACUNAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LACUNAL
The 7 tiles of LACUNAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LACUNAL
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Common questions about LACUNAL
- Is LACUNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACUNAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACUNAL worth?
- LACUNAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACUNAL mean?
- Relating to or having a lacuna, a gap or small cavity.
- What letters can be added to LACUNAL?
- No single letter can be added to LACUNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LACUNAL:
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