TECTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TECTAL 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 TECTAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TECTAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TECTAL
No single letter turns TECTAL into another word.
How TECTAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TECTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does TECTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a tectum, the roof-like part of a structure in the body, especially in the brain.
Tectal is an anatomical term built on the Latin word for a roof. In the vertebrate midbrain the tectum is the dorsal region that handles visual and auditory reflexes, so tectal usually describes cells, layers or pathways found there. Outside neuroscience and zoology the word is very seldom met.
How TECTAL is used
Technical; used in anatomy, neuroscience and zoology papers.
- The tectal region of the frog brain responds strongly to small moving shapes.
- Researchers traced a tectal pathway from the eye to the midbrain.
- Damage to the tectal layers dulled the animal's startle reflex.
- A tectal neuron fired whenever the sound came from the left.
- The diagram labels the tectal plate in red.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TECTAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TECTAL
The 6 tiles of TECTAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TECTAL
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Common questions about TECTAL
- Is TECTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TECTAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TECTAL worth?
- TECTAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TECTAL mean?
- Relating to a tectum, the roof-like part of a structure in the body, especially in the brain.
- What letters can be added to TECTAL?
- No single letter can be added to TECTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TECTAL:
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