ADAGIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ADAGIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADAGIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADAGIAL is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADAGIAL
No single letter turns ADAGIAL into another word.
How ADAGIAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ADAGIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 441,125.
What does ADAGIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having the nature of an adage; proverbial.
Adagial is a scarce, bookish word for speech that sounds like a stock saying handed down through generations. You may meet adagial phrasing in essays on folklore or old rhetoric.
How ADAGIAL is used
Adagial is rare and mostly literary.
- His adagial style made every remark sound like a motto.
- The poem ends on an adagial note about patience.
- She dismissed the adagial wisdom of her grandfather.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADAGIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ADAGIAL
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Common questions about ADAGIAL
- Is ADAGIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADAGIAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADAGIAL worth?
- ADAGIAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADAGIAL mean?
- Having the nature of an adage; proverbial.
- What letters can be added to ADAGIAL?
- No single letter can be added to ADAGIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ADAGIAL:
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