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Is buccal a Scrabble word?

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

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Is buccal a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

BUCCAL,

4-letter words (3 found)

BALU,CAUL,CLUB,

3-letter words (9 found)

ALB,ALU,BAC,BAL,CAB,CAL,CUB,LAB,LAC,

2-letter words (4 found)

AB,AL,BA,LA,

You can make 17 words from buccal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of buccal

buccal

Etymology

From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌk.əl/
  • Homophone: buckle
  • Rhymes: -ʌkəl

Adjective

buccal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
    Synonyms: (of a tooth) facial, genal
  2. Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
  3. (pharmacology) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.
  4. (linguistics) supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal.

Coordinate terms

  • (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]

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Translations

References

  • “buccal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “buccal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

Learned word formed from the root of Latin bucca (whence French bouche) with the suffix -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /by.kal/

Adjective

buccal (feminine buccale, masculine plural buccaux, feminine plural buccales)

  1. buccal (of, relating to, or lying in the mouth)

Derived terms

See also

  • oral

Further reading

  • “buccal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org