ARCHETYPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. ARCHETYPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCHETYPAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCHETYPAL is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCHETYPAL
No single letter turns ARCHETYPAL into another word.
How ARCHETYPAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ARCHETYPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARCHETYPAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARCHETYPAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Very typical of its kind, or serving as the original pattern others copy.
Something archetypal is a textbook case: the archetypal hero, the archetypal small town. In Jungian psychology the word refers to patterns that recur across myths and dreams in every culture.
How ARCHETYPAL is used
Used in literary criticism, psychology and journalism.
- He plays the archetypal wise old teacher.
- The film borrows archetypal images from folklore.
- This café is the archetypal Parisian bistro.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCHETYPAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCHETYPAL
1 longer words begin with ARCHETYPAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCHETYPAL
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Common questions about ARCHETYPAL
- Is ARCHETYPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCHETYPAL, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCHETYPAL worth?
- ARCHETYPAL is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCHETYPAL mean?
- Very typical of its kind, or serving as the original pattern others copy.
- What letters can be added to ARCHETYPAL?
- No single letter can be added to ARCHETYPAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ARCHETYPAL:
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