LEMNISCAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. LEMNISCAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEMNISCAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEMNISCAL is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEMNISCAL
No single letter turns LEMNISCAL into another word.
How LEMNISCAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LEMNISCAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LEMNISCAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LEMNISCAL
- LEMNISCAL 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 LEMNISCAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Relating to a lemniscus, a band of nerve fibres in the brain, or to a looped curve.
Neuroscientists use lemniscal for fibre pathways that carry touch and position signals toward the thalamus. Mathematicians can also use it for the figure-eight curve called a lemniscate.
How LEMNISCAL is used
Appears in neuroanatomy and occasionally geometry, as in lemniscal pathways.
- Damage to the lemniscal pathway dulled his sense of touch.
- The lemniscal fibres run up through the brainstem.
- The study mapped lemniscal connections in the cat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEMNISCAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LEMNISCAL
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Common questions about LEMNISCAL
- Is LEMNISCAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEMNISCAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEMNISCAL worth?
- LEMNISCAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEMNISCAL mean?
- Relating to a lemniscus, a band of nerve fibres in the brain, or to a looped curve.
- What letters can be added to LEMNISCAL?
- No single letter can be added to LEMNISCAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LEMNISCAL:
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