BACCHANAL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BACCHANAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACCHANAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACCHANAL is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACCHANAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bacchanalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BACCHANAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BACCHANAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BACCHANAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BACCHANAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A wild, drunken celebration, or a person who takes part in one.
The bacchanal takes its name from the Roman festivals of Bacchus, god of wine. Today it describes any riotous party and sometimes a follower of that god, and the related word bacchanalian is the adjective.
How BACCHANAL is used
A literary word for a rowdy party or a reveller.
- The office party turned into a bacchanal that lasted until dawn.
- Painters of the period loved to depict a bacchanal in a woodland.
- The festival was less a celebration than a bacchanal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACCHANAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BACCHANAL
6 longer words begin with BACCHANAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BACCHANAL
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Common questions about BACCHANAL
- Is BACCHANAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACCHANAL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACCHANAL worth?
- BACCHANAL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACCHANAL mean?
- A wild, drunken celebration, or a person who takes part in one.
- What letters can be added to BACCHANAL?
- BACCHANAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BACCHANAL:
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