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Is acicular a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word acicular is a Scrabble US word. The word acicular is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is acicular a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acicular is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

A1C3I1C3U1L1A1R1

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Yes. The word acicular is a Words With Friends word. The word acicular is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

ACICULAR,

7-letter words (4 found)

ACCRUAL,ACICULA,CARACUL,CRUCIAL,

6-letter words (7 found)

ALCAIC,CALCAR,CICALA,CURIAL,LAURIC,RACIAL,URACIL,

5-letter words (14 found)

ACARI,AULIC,AURAL,AURIC,CAURI,CIRCA,CRAAL,CRAIC,CURIA,CURLI,LAARI,LAURA,URALI,URIAL,

4-letter words (23 found)

ACAI,ACCA,ALAR,ARIA,ARIL,AULA,AURA,CACA,CARL,CAUL,CIRL,CRIA,CURL,LAIC,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RACA,RAIA,RAIL,RIAL,URIC,

3-letter words (19 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIR,ALA,ALU,ARC,AUA,CAA,CAL,CAR,CRU,CUR,LAC,LAR,LUR,RAI,RIA,RUC,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AI,AL,AR,LA,LI,UR,

You can make 75 words from acicular according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acicular

acicular

Etymology

From Latin aciculāris.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

acicular (not comparable)

  1. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
    • 1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279,[1]
      Sometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.”
  2. Having sharp points like needles.
  3. (botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Adjective

acicular m or f (plural aciculares)

  1. acicular (needle-shaped)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aciculaire.

Adjective

acicular m or n (feminine singular aciculară, masculine plural aciculari, feminine and neuter plural aciculare)

  1. acicular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθikuˈlaɾ/ [a.θi.kuˈlaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /asikuˈlaɾ/ [a.si.kuˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ci‧cu‧lar

Adjective

acicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural aciculares)

  1. acicular

Further reading

  • “acicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org