VESICA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VESICA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VESICA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VESICA is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VESICA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VESICA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VESICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does VESICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A bladder, especially the urinary bladder, in anatomical Latin terms.
Vesica is simply the Latin word for bladder, and anatomy kept it for both the urinary bladder and the gallbladder. The plural is vesicae. It also lives on in the phrase vesica piscis, a shape formed where two circles of equal size overlap, so that each passes through the centre of the other. That pointed oval has been used in sacred art and architecture for centuries.
How VESICA is used
Technical Latin term from anatomy; the vesica piscis shape is also discussed in art history.
- The surgeon examined the wall of the vesica for signs of damage.
- Old anatomy books call the urinary bladder the vesica urinaria.
- The window was shaped like a vesica, pointed at both ends.
- A vesica piscis is made by overlapping two circles.
- The Latin vesica gave English words such as vesicle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VESICA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VESICA
The 6 tiles of VESICA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VESICA
13 longer words begin with VESICA.
Shorter words from the letters in VESICA
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Common questions about VESICA
- Is VESICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VESICA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VESICA worth?
- VESICA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VESICA mean?
- A bladder, especially the urinary bladder, in anatomical Latin terms.
- What letters can be added to VESICA?
- VESICA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VESICA:
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