TINCAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TINCAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TINCAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TINCAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TINCAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tincalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TINCAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TINCAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does TINCAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryhistorical
Raw borax as it is dug or dried from lake beds, once brought to Europe from Tibet and India.
The word tincal passed into English from Malay and Hindi-speaking traders. For centuries this crude borax was the main source of boron compounds used in soldering metal and making glass. Modern industry gets borax from mines in California and Turkey, so tincal now belongs mainly to the history of trade and chemistry.
How TINCAL is used
Chemical and historical; the modern name for the purified salt is borax.
- Caravans carried tincal across the mountains to the coast.
- The goldsmith bought tincal to help melt the metal.
- A sack of grey tincal arrived at the apothecary.
- Old trade lists record the price of tincal by the pound.
- The chemist refined the tincal into clear crystals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TINCAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TINCAL
The 6 tiles of TINCAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TINCAL
1 longer words begin with TINCAL.
Shorter words from the letters in TINCAL
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Common questions about TINCAL
- Is TINCAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TINCAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TINCAL worth?
- TINCAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TINCAL mean?
- Raw borax as it is dug or dried from lake beds, once brought to Europe from Tibet and India.
- What letters can be added to TINCAL?
- TINCAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TINCAL:
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