PERIKARYAL is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. PERIKARYAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIKARYAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIKARYAL is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIKARYAL
No single letter turns PERIKARYAL into another word.
How PERIKARYAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERIKARYAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIKARYAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIKARYAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Relating to the perikaryon, the part of a nerve cell that holds its nucleus.
Neuroscientists use perikaryal when they describe structures or staining found around the nucleus of a neuron, as opposed to along its fibres. The term appears mainly in anatomy and cell biology papers. It is a narrow technical adjective with no everyday use.
How PERIKARYAL is used
Used in neuroscience and histology texts.
- The stain showed dense perikaryal granules in each neuron.
- Damage to the perikaryal region can kill the whole cell.
- Researchers measured perikaryal volume in the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIKARYAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PERIKARYAL
- Is PERIKARYAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIKARYAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIKARYAL worth?
- PERIKARYAL is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIKARYAL mean?
- Relating to the perikaryon, the part of a nerve cell that holds its nucleus.
- What letters can be added to PERIKARYAL?
- No single letter can be added to PERIKARYAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERIKARYAL:
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