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Barnacles

b 3a 1r 1n 1a 1c 3l 1e 1s 1

About 3 syllables

noun · 9 letters · Common · plural of barnacle

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does barnacles mean?

noun

  1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

    Synonymscirripedcirripede

  2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

    Synonymsbarnacle goosebranta leucopsis

Definitions shown for barnacle, the base form of barnacles.

Is BARNACLES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is BARNACLES worth?

Scrabble

13 pts
b 3a 1r 1n 1a 1c 3l 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

17 pts
b 4a 1r 1n 2a 1c 4l 2e 1s 1

Wordfeud

15 pts
b 4a 1r 1n 1a 1c 4l 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

15 pts
b 4a 1r 1n 1a 1c 3l 2e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BARNACLES

Anagrams 1

balancers

Words that end like BARNACLES

Common words that share the ending -ACLES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

miraclesobstaclespinnaclestentaclesmanaclesspectaclesoraclesreceptaclestabernacles
All words ending in -ACLES

Barnacles: quick answers

Is BARNACLES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. BARNACLES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 13 points before board bonuses.
How many points is BARNACLES worth?
BARNACLES scores 13 points in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends, 15 in Wordfeud and 15 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does barnacles mean?
barnacles is the plural of barnacle, which means “marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BARNACLES?
You can make 409 shorter words from BARNACLES, such as BALANCER, BALANCES, BARNACLE, BERASCAL. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of BARNACLES?
BARNACLES rearranges into BALANCERS.