NAVICULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NAVICULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAVICULAR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAVICULAR is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAVICULAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAVICULAR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NAVICULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NAVICULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NAVICULAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or ankle.
The navicular sits in the foot between the ankle bone and the wedge-shaped bones ahead of it. A similar bone lies in the wrist on the thumb side. In horses, navicular disease is a painful condition of the front hoof.
How NAVICULAR is used
Used in anatomy and veterinary medicine; also as an adjective meaning boat-shaped.
- The runner suffered a stress fracture of the navicular.
- The vet diagnosed navicular disease in the horse's front foot.
- A fall onto the hand can break the navicular in the wrist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAVICULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NAVICULAR
3 longer words begin with NAVICULAR.
Shorter words from the letters in NAVICULAR
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Common questions about NAVICULAR
- Is NAVICULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAVICULAR, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAVICULAR worth?
- NAVICULAR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAVICULAR mean?
- A small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or ankle.
- What letters can be added to NAVICULAR?
- NAVICULAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NAVICULAR:
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