NAUPLIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NAUPLIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAUPLIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAUPLIAL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAUPLIAL
No single letter turns NAUPLIAL into another word.
How NAUPLIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NAUPLIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NAUPLIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NAUPLIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to or resembling a nauplius, the first larval stage of many crustaceans.
Nauplial stages are the earliest swimming forms of animals such as barnacles and shrimp. Biologists use the word to describe features seen only in these tiny larvae. It is a very specialised term from marine science.
How NAUPLIAL is used
Used in zoology papers about larval development.
- The nauplial larva swam freely before it settled on the rock.
- Under the microscope the nauplial body looked unsegmented.
- A nauplial phase is typical of many crustaceans.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAUPLIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about NAUPLIAL
- Is NAUPLIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAUPLIAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAUPLIAL worth?
- NAUPLIAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAUPLIAL mean?
- Relating to or resembling a nauplius, the first larval stage of many crustaceans.
- What letters can be added to NAUPLIAL?
- No single letter can be added to NAUPLIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NAUPLIAL:
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