NUCELLAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NUCELLAR 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 NUCELLAR?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUCELLAR 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 NUCELLAR
No single letter turns NUCELLAR into another word.
How NUCELLAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NUCELLAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NUCELLAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NUCELLAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to the nucellus, the central part of a plant ovule that holds the embryo sac.
Botanists use nucellar when they describe tissues or processes inside the ovule core. The term shows up in plant biology texts rather than in everyday speech.
How NUCELLAR is used
The adjective nucellar is a specialist botanical term.
- The study followed nucellar tissue as the seed developed.
- A nucellar layer surrounds the embryo sac in many species.
- The diagram labels each nucellar cell in the ovule.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUCELLAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NUCELLAR
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Common questions about NUCELLAR
- Is NUCELLAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUCELLAR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUCELLAR worth?
- NUCELLAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUCELLAR mean?
- Relating to the nucellus, the central part of a plant ovule that holds the embryo sac.
- What letters can be added to NUCELLAR?
- No single letter can be added to NUCELLAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NUCELLAR:
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