AUCTORIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AUCTORIAL 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 AUCTORIAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUCTORIAL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUCTORIAL
No single letter turns AUCTORIAL into another word.
How AUCTORIAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AUCTORIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUCTORIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUCTORIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Belonging to or typical of an author.
Auctorial belongs to editors and literary scholars, who separate what the writer intended from what a printer or reviser changed. It is a more precise cousin of "authorial".
How AUCTORIAL is used
Auctorial appears in textual scholarship, as in auctorial corrections or auctorial voice.
- The manuscript shows auctorial changes in the margins.
- Editors tried to separate auctorial choices from the printer's errors.
- The novel has a strong auctorial voice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUCTORIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AUCTORIAL
The 9 tiles of AUCTORIAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in AUCTORIAL
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Common questions about AUCTORIAL
- Is AUCTORIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUCTORIAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUCTORIAL worth?
- AUCTORIAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUCTORIAL mean?
- Belonging to or typical of an author.
- What letters can be added to AUCTORIAL?
- No single letter can be added to AUCTORIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AUCTORIAL:
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