TEGULA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TEGULA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEGULA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEGULA is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEGULA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TEGULA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TEGULA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does TEGULA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoologyhistorical
A small scale-like plate covering the base of the forewing in many insects, or a flat overlapping roof tile used in ancient Roman building.
In entomology a tegula is one of a pair of tiny flaps that sit where the forewing joins the body, protecting the wing base as the insect moves. In architecture the same word names a flat, slightly tapered roof tile that ancient Roman builders overlapped with curved cover tiles to shed rain. Both senses come from the Latin word for a roof tile, the insect sense being a much later borrowing that noticed the same overlapping, scale-like shape.
How TEGULA is used
A technical term used in entomology for the insect structure and in archaeology for the Roman roof tile.
- Under the microscope, the tegula covered the base of the insect's wing.
- Excavators uncovered a stack of broken tegula near the villa wall.
- The tegula on the wasp protected the delicate wing joint.
- Roman roofers laid rows of tegula before fitting the curved cover tiles.
- A cracked tegula still showed the potter's stamp in the clay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEGULA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TEGULA
4 longer words begin with TEGULA.
Shorter words from the letters in TEGULA
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Common questions about TEGULA
- Is TEGULA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEGULA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEGULA worth?
- TEGULA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEGULA mean?
- A small scale-like plate covering the base of the forewing in many insects, or a flat overlapping roof tile used in ancient Roman building.
- What letters can be added to TEGULA?
- TEGULA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TEGULA:
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