LIENAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LIENAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIENAL?
| 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 LIENAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIENAL
No single letter turns LIENAL into another word.
How LIENAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LIENAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,066.
What stands out about LIENAL
- LIENAL begins and ends with the same letter.
- The same 6 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 LIENAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or affecting the spleen.
Lienal comes from the Latin word for spleen, and doctors and anatomists use it as a technical equivalent of the more familiar splenic, as in the lienal artery or lienal vein. The word almost always modifies another medical term rather than standing on its own, naming a structure or condition connected to that organ. Older medical texts favor lienal more than modern ones do, which now lean toward splenic in everyday clinical writing. Outside anatomy and pathology, lienal has no ordinary use at all.
How LIENAL is used
Technical; used in anatomy and medicine, largely replaced today by splenic in everyday clinical writing.
- The report noted mild lienal enlargement on the scan.
- Older textbooks call the vessel the lienal vein rather than the splenic vein.
- A lienal injury can cause serious internal bleeding.
- The surgeon located the lienal artery before proceeding.
- Lienal disease was the older term for disorders of the spleen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIENAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LIENAL
The 6 tiles of LIENAL in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LIENAL
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Common questions about LIENAL
- Is LIENAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIENAL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIENAL worth?
- LIENAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIENAL mean?
- Relating to or affecting the spleen.
- What letters can be added to LIENAL?
- No single letter can be added to LIENAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LIENAL:
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