PERITHECIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PERITHECIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERITHECIAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERITHECIAL is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERITHECIAL
No single letter turns PERITHECIAL into another word.
How PERITHECIAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PERITHECIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERITHECIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERITHECIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a perithecium, the flask-shaped fruiting body of certain fungi.
Mycologists use perithecial features such as shape, wall and pore to tell sac fungi apart. The term appears almost only in fungal taxonomy.
How PERITHECIAL is used
Highly technical; found in mycology papers.
- The perithecial wall is dark and leathery.
- Perithecial structures were visible under the microscope.
- A perithecial opening lets the spores escape.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERITHECIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PERITHECIAL
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Common questions about PERITHECIAL
- Is PERITHECIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERITHECIAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERITHECIAL worth?
- PERITHECIAL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERITHECIAL mean?
- Relating to a perithecium, the flask-shaped fruiting body of certain fungi.
- What letters can be added to PERITHECIAL?
- No single letter can be added to PERITHECIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PERITHECIAL:
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