RICTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RICTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RICTAL?
| 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 RICTAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RICTAL
No single letter turns RICTAL into another word.
How RICTAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RICTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does RICTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologytechnical
Of or relating to the rictus, the wide opening of a mouth or beak.
Bird specialists use rictal for the area around the gape of the beak, and the best known example is the rictal bristles, stiff hair-like feathers that sit beside the mouth of flycatchers and nightjars. These bristles are thought to help the bird catch insects in flight. The word is almost never heard outside natural history.
How RICTAL is used
Technical; used in ornithology and anatomy.
- The nightjar has long rictal bristles around its wide mouth.
- The guide described the rictal feathers in the field notes.
- A rictal flange is easy to see on the young chick.
- The rictal region of the beak was bright yellow.
- Scientists studied how rictal hairs help in catching prey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RICTAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RICTAL
The 6 tiles of RICTAL in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about RICTAL
- Is RICTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RICTAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RICTAL worth?
- RICTAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RICTAL mean?
- Of or relating to the rictus, the wide opening of a mouth or beak.
- What letters can be added to RICTAL?
- No single letter can be added to RICTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RICTAL:
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