SULCUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SULCUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SULCUS?
| 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: 21 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SULCUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SULCUS
No single letter turns SULCUS into another word.
How SULCUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SULCUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.
What stands out about SULCUS
- SULCUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SULCUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A groove or furrow in the surface of an organ or tissue, especially between the ridges of the brain.
Latin for a furrow, sulcus is used by anatomists for the shallow grooves that fold the surface of the brain, and the ridges between them are called gyri. A deeper groove is usually called a fissure, so the difference lies in depth. Other parts of the body also have a sulcus, such as the shallow gap around the base of a tooth. The plural is sulci.
How SULCUS is used
Technical; used in anatomy and neuroscience, with the plural sulci.
- The central sulcus separates the front of the brain from the back.
- A shallow sulcus runs along the edge of the bone.
- The surgeon traced the sulcus with a fine probe.
- Each sulcus lies between two ridges of the cortex.
- The dentist cleaned the sulcus around the tooth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SULCUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SULCUS
Common questions about SULCUS
- Is SULCUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SULCUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SULCUS worth?
- SULCUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SULCUS mean?
- A groove or furrow in the surface of an organ or tissue, especially between the ridges of the brain.
- What letters can be added to SULCUS?
- No single letter can be added to SULCUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SULCUS:
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