LIGULA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LIGULA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIGULA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIGULA is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIGULA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIGULA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LIGULA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 204,399.
What does LIGULA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tongue-shaped structure, especially the strap-like tip of an insect's mouthparts that some species use to draw up liquid food.
In bees and many other insects, the ligula forms the central, tongue-like part of the labium and can be extended to reach nectar deep inside a flower. Zoologists also use ligula for a similar tongue-shaped lobe found on the parapodia of certain marine worms, so the word names comparable strap-shaped organs in more than one group of animals. Older texts sometimes used ligula as an alternative spelling for the ligule found in grasses, though today the two spellings are usually kept apart, with ligula reserved mainly for animal anatomy.
How LIGULA is used
A technical anatomical term from entomology and zoology; the closely related spelling ligule is now used mainly in botany.
- The bee extended its ligula to reach the nectar.
- Under the microscope, the insect's ligula looked like a tiny tongue.
- Researchers compared the ligula of two related beetle species.
- The worm's parapodia each carried a small ligula.
- The diagram labeled the ligula at the tip of the labium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIGULA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIGULA
5 longer words begin with LIGULA.
Shorter words from the letters in LIGULA
Common questions about LIGULA
- Is LIGULA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIGULA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIGULA worth?
- LIGULA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIGULA mean?
- A tongue-shaped structure, especially the strap-like tip of an insect's mouthparts that some species use to draw up liquid food.
- What letters can be added to LIGULA?
- LIGULA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LIGULA:
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