SPLENIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPLENIAL 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 SPLENIAL?
| 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 SPLENIAL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLENIAL
No single letter turns SPLENIAL into another word.
How SPLENIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPLENIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPLENIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPLENIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the splenium of the brain, to a splenius muscle of the neck, or to a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals.
Splenial is an anatomical term with several narrow uses, so the surrounding text decides which body part is meant. Writers on reptiles or fossils use it for a jaw bone, while writers on human anatomy use it for the neck or the brain.
How SPLENIAL is used
Splenial appears in anatomy and palaeontology texts and is almost never heard in ordinary speech.
- The splenial bone sits on the inner side of the lower jaw in many reptiles.
- The report described a splenial fragment found beside the skull.
- Injury to the splenial muscle can cause pain at the back of the neck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLENIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLENIAL
Showing 40 of 320. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SPLENIAL
- Is SPLENIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLENIAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLENIAL worth?
- SPLENIAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLENIAL mean?
- Relating to the splenium of the brain, to a splenius muscle of the neck, or to a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals.
- What letters can be added to SPLENIAL?
- No single letter can be added to SPLENIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPLENIAL:
Open SPLENIAL in the Word Finder