AMMONIACAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. AMMONIACAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMMONIACAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMMONIACAL is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMMONIACAL
No single letter turns AMMONIACAL into another word.
How AMMONIACAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AMMONIACAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMMONIACAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMMONIACAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing, resembling or relating to ammonia.
An ammoniacal smell is sharp and stinging, like cleaning fluid or a neglected stable. Chemists also speak of ammoniacal solutions or liquors when ammonia gas is dissolved in water.
How AMMONIACAL is used
Used in chemistry, farming and cleaning, usually for smells, liquids or gases.
- An ammoniacal odour hung over the old dairy.
- The technician prepared an ammoniacal solution of silver nitrate.
- Fumes from the cleaner were sharply ammoniacal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMMONIACAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMMONIACAL
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Common questions about AMMONIACAL
- Is AMMONIACAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMMONIACAL, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMMONIACAL worth?
- AMMONIACAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMMONIACAL mean?
- Containing, resembling or relating to ammonia.
- What letters can be added to AMMONIACAL?
- No single letter can be added to AMMONIACAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AMMONIACAL:
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