PEDUNCULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PEDUNCULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEDUNCULAR?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEDUNCULAR is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEDUNCULAR
No single letter turns PEDUNCULAR into another word.
How PEDUNCULAR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PEDUNCULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PEDUNCULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PEDUNCULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotanyzoology
Relating to a peduncle, the stalk that bears a flower, a fruit or an organ.
Botanists use peduncular for features that grow on or from a flower stalk, and anatomists use it for stalk-like connections in the body. The word points to position rather than to size.
How PEDUNCULAR is used
Peduncular is a technical adjective met in botany and anatomy texts.
- A peduncular tendril curled around the nearby twig.
- The peduncular region of the barnacle anchors it to the rock.
- Notes on the peduncular bracts were added to the plant description.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEDUNCULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PEDUNCULAR
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Common questions about PEDUNCULAR
- Is PEDUNCULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEDUNCULAR, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEDUNCULAR worth?
- PEDUNCULAR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEDUNCULAR mean?
- Relating to a peduncle, the stalk that bears a flower, a fruit or an organ.
- What letters can be added to PEDUNCULAR?
- No single letter can be added to PEDUNCULAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PEDUNCULAR:
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