NUDICAUL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NUDICAUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUDICAUL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUDICAUL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUDICAUL
No single letter turns NUDICAUL into another word.
How NUDICAUL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NUDICAUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NUDICAUL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NUDICAUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having a stem bare of leaves.
Botanists describe a nudicaul plant when its flowering stalk rises without any leaves along it. The term is old and technical, and appears in plant descriptions. Many bulbs with a naked flower stalk are nudicaul in this sense.
How NUDICAUL is used
Used in botanical descriptions.
- The nudicaul stalk rose straight from the bulb.
- A nudicaul habit is typical of some lilies.
- The field guide marked the species as nudicaul.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUDICAUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NUDICAUL
1 longer words begin with NUDICAUL.
Shorter words from the letters in NUDICAUL
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Common questions about NUDICAUL
- Is NUDICAUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUDICAUL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUDICAUL worth?
- NUDICAUL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUDICAUL mean?
- Having a stem bare of leaves.
- What letters can be added to NUDICAUL?
- No single letter can be added to NUDICAUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NUDICAUL:
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