LACUNATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LACUNATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACUNATE?
| 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 LACUNATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACUNATE
No single letter turns LACUNATE into another word.
How LACUNATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LACUNATE, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LACUNATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LACUNATE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LACUNATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having gaps, pits or hollow spaces.
Lacunate is a technical adjective used in botany, anatomy and textual scholarship. A lacunate surface is pitted, and a lacunate manuscript has missing passages.
How LACUNATE is used
Lacunate is closely related to lacuna, a gap or missing part.
- The lacunate bone showed many small cavities.
- Scholars struggled with the lacunate text of the scroll.
- A lacunate leaf surface is typical of this species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACUNATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LACUNATE
The 8 tiles of LACUNATE in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LACUNATE
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Common questions about LACUNATE
- Is LACUNATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACUNATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACUNATE worth?
- LACUNATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACUNATE mean?
- Having gaps, pits or hollow spaces.
- What letters can be added to LACUNATE?
- No single letter can be added to LACUNATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LACUNATE:
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