LACUNARY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. LACUNARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACUNARY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LACUNARY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACUNARY
No single letter turns LACUNARY into another word.
How LACUNARY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LACUNARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LACUNARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LACUNARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalformal
Relating to a gap or missing portion, such as a hollow in bone or a lost passage in a text.
Scholars call a manuscript lacunary when parts of it have been lost or are unreadable. Anatomists use it for tissue that contains small cavities. Rarer relatives include lacunal and lacunate.
How LACUNARY is used
Lacunary is a formal word found in scholarship and anatomy.
- The lacunary text left several questions unanswered.
- A lacunary structure in the bone helps keep it light.
- Historians pieced the lacunary record together slowly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACUNARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LACUNARY
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Common questions about LACUNARY
- Is LACUNARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACUNARY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACUNARY worth?
- LACUNARY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACUNARY mean?
- Relating to a gap or missing portion, such as a hollow in bone or a lost passage in a text.
- What letters can be added to LACUNARY?
- No single letter can be added to LACUNARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LACUNARY:
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