ALLEGORICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ALLEGORICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLEGORICAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLEGORICAL is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLEGORICAL
No single letter turns ALLEGORICAL into another word.
How ALLEGORICAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ALLEGORICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLEGORICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLEGORICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a hidden second meaning in which characters and events stand for ideas.
An allegorical tale works on two levels, the surface story and the lesson beneath it. Critics apply allegorical to fables, medieval poems and paintings in which figures represent virtues or vices.
How ALLEGORICAL is used
The adjective allegorical is common in literary and art criticism and sits before nouns such as tale, figure or reading.
- Orwell wrote an allegorical story about a farm.
- The painting is full of allegorical figures.
- Some critics prefer an allegorical reading of the poem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLEGORICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLEGORICAL
2 longer words begin with ALLEGORICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLEGORICAL
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Common questions about ALLEGORICAL
- Is ALLEGORICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLEGORICAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLEGORICAL worth?
- ALLEGORICAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLEGORICAL mean?
- Having a hidden second meaning in which characters and events stand for ideas.
- What letters can be added to ALLEGORICAL?
- No single letter can be added to ALLEGORICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ALLEGORICAL:
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