PLICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PLICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLICAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLICAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLICAL
No single letter turns PLICAL into another word.
How PLICAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PLICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613,196.
What does PLICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to a plica, which is a fold of tissue in the body.
The word is used in anatomy and medicine for anything connected with a plica, such as a fold of membrane in the knee joint or the throat. It comes from the Latin plicare, meaning to fold, and it is rarely met outside clinical writing. A surgeon might describe plical tissue when discussing irritation that follows a repeated pinching of such a fold.
How PLICAL is used
Technical term, found almost only in anatomy, orthopaedics and other medical writing.
- The surgeon trimmed the thickened plical tissue from the joint.
- Plical irritation is a known cause of knee pain in runners.
- A scan showed a plical band catching behind the kneecap.
- The report described the plical folds as swollen but otherwise healthy.
- Her plical syndrome improved after several weeks of rest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLICAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PLICAL
Common questions about PLICAL
- Is PLICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLICAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLICAL worth?
- PLICAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLICAL mean?
- Relating to a plica, which is a fold of tissue in the body.
- What letters can be added to PLICAL?
- No single letter can be added to PLICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PLICAL:
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