LINGUA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LINGUA 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 LINGUA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LINGUA is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LINGUA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LINGUA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LINGUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does LINGUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The tongue, or a tongue-shaped structure in an animal or insect.
Lingua is the plain Latin word for tongue, and it survives in English mostly inside technical vocabulary borrowed from Latin, such as anatomy and entomology. Most readers meet the word only through the phrase lingua franca, a shared language used for trade or communication between speakers of different tongues. In insects, the lingua can refer specifically to a tongue-like mouthpart used for feeding.
How LINGUA is used
Technical; used in anatomy and entomology for the tongue or a tongue-like part, and recognisable to most readers chiefly through the phrase lingua franca.
- The entomologist described the long lingua of the insect under the microscope.
- In anatomy texts, lingua is simply the Latin word for the tongue.
- Sailors once relied on a lingua franca to trade across languages.
- A slender lingua allowed the insect to draw nectar from deep flowers.
- Medical Latin still uses lingua where English would simply say tongue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LINGUA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LINGUA
The 6 tiles of LINGUA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LINGUA
5 longer words begin with LINGUA.
Shorter words from the letters in LINGUA
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Common questions about LINGUA
- Is LINGUA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LINGUA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LINGUA worth?
- LINGUA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LINGUA mean?
- The tongue, or a tongue-shaped structure in an animal or insect.
- What letters can be added to LINGUA?
- LINGUA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LINGUA:
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