ARTIFACTUAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ARTIFACTUAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARTIFACTUAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARTIFACTUAL is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARTIFACTUAL
No single letter turns ARTIFACTUAL into another word.
How ARTIFACTUAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ARTIFACTUAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARTIFACTUAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARTIFACTUAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to artifacts, or being a result of human making rather than of nature.
Archaeologists call finds artifactual when they are objects shaped by people, such as tools and pottery. In science the word can also describe a false result produced by the method of observation.
How ARTIFACTUAL is used
Used in archaeology and in laboratory science.
- The site yielded rich artifactual evidence of daily life.
- The odd pattern was judged artifactual, caused by the scanner.
- The museum holds an artifactual record of the town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARTIFACTUAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ARTIFACTUAL
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Common questions about ARTIFACTUAL
- Is ARTIFACTUAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARTIFACTUAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARTIFACTUAL worth?
- ARTIFACTUAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARTIFACTUAL mean?
- Relating to artifacts, or being a result of human making rather than of nature.
- What letters can be added to ARTIFACTUAL?
- No single letter can be added to ARTIFACTUAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ARTIFACTUAL:
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