VICUGNA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VICUGNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VICUGNA?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VICUGNA is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VICUGNA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vicugnasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VICUGNA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VICUGNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does VICUGNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The scientific name for the genus of South American camelids that includes the vicuna and the alpaca.
Biologists use vicugna in Latin names such as Vicugna vicugna, the wild animal of the high Andes. The same word is sometimes found in older books as an alternative form of vicuna.
How VICUGNA is used
Vicugna is mostly a scientific term, whereas vicuna is the everyday English word.
- The genus vicugna contains the wild vicuna and the domestic alpaca.
- Researchers studied the vicugna on the high plains.
- In the paper, vicugna is written in italics as a Latin name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VICUGNA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VICUGNA
1 longer words begin with VICUGNA.
Shorter words from the letters in VICUGNA
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Common questions about VICUGNA
- Is VICUGNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VICUGNA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VICUGNA worth?
- VICUGNA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VICUGNA mean?
- The scientific name for the genus of South American camelids that includes the vicuna and the alpaca.
- What letters can be added to VICUGNA?
- VICUGNA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VICUGNA:
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