LENTICULE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LENTICULE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LENTICULE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LENTICULE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LENTICULE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lenticulesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LENTICULE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LENTICULE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LENTICULE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LENTICULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tiny lens-shaped element, especially one of many embossed on a film surface.
Each lenticule on lenticular film bends light slightly so that different pictures reach each eye. The word was used in early colour and three-dimensional photography, and rarely for any very small lens.
How LENTICULE is used
Lenticule is a specialist term of photography and optics.
- Every lenticule on the sheet focuses light in a thin line.
- The film carried thousands of tiny lenticules, one beside the next.
- A damaged lenticule blurred part of the image.
- Engineers measured the curve of a single lenticule.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LENTICULE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LENTICULE
1 longer words begin with LENTICULE.
Shorter words from the letters in LENTICULE
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Common questions about LENTICULE
- Is LENTICULE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LENTICULE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LENTICULE worth?
- LENTICULE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LENTICULE mean?
- A tiny lens-shaped element, especially one of many embossed on a film surface.
- What letters can be added to LENTICULE?
- LENTICULE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LENTICULE:
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