PISCINAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PISCINAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PISCINAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PISCINAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PISCINAL
No single letter turns PISCINAL into another word.
How PISCINAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PISCINAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PISCINAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PISCINAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a fishpond or to a piscina, the stone basin near a church altar.
Piscinal has two unrelated uses, one for old Roman fishponds and one for the drain basin where sacred vessels were rinsed. Which one is meant is clear only from the surrounding text on architecture or ritual.
How PISCINAL is used
Piscinal is a rare word, found in architecture and church history.
- The ruins showed a piscinal basin cut into the wall of the chapel.
- Archaeologists described the piscinal tanks of the Roman villa.
- A piscinal niche stood beside the altar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PISCINAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PISCINAL
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Common questions about PISCINAL
- Is PISCINAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PISCINAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PISCINAL worth?
- PISCINAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PISCINAL mean?
- Relating to a fishpond or to a piscina, the stone basin near a church altar.
- What letters can be added to PISCINAL?
- No single letter can be added to PISCINAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PISCINAL:
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