ARSENICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ARSENICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARSENICAL?
| 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 ARSENICAL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARSENICAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arsenicalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARSENICAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ARSENICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARSENICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARSENICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing or made from the poisonous element arsenic.
Arsenical turns up in the history of medicine, pest control and Victorian household dyes. As a noun it can also name a drug or pesticide built on that element.
How ARSENICAL is used
Arsenical is a technical and historical word for substances based on arsenic.
- Arsenical green paint once colored fashionable wallpaper.
- The orchard was sprayed with an arsenical insecticide.
- Doctors of the period prescribed arsenical tonics with little understanding of the danger.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARSENICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARSENICAL
The 9 tiles of ARSENICAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARSENICAL
1 longer words begin with ARSENICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ARSENICAL
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Common questions about ARSENICAL
- Is ARSENICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARSENICAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARSENICAL worth?
- ARSENICAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARSENICAL mean?
- Containing or made from the poisonous element arsenic.
- What letters can be added to ARSENICAL?
- ARSENICAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ARSENICAL:
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