BARBITAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BARBITAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARBITAL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARBITAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARBITAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barbitalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARBITAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BARBITAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARBITAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARBITAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrymedical
The generic chemical name of a barbiturate once sold as a sleeping drug under a trade name.
Barbital was among the first barbiturates sold for insomnia early in the twentieth century. Safer medicines later replaced it, so the word now turns up mainly in histories of medicine and chemistry.
How BARBITAL is used
Barbital is the American spelling of the drug name; British writers use a different ending.
- Doctors once prescribed barbital to patients who could not sleep.
- The old pharmacy shelf still held a bottle of barbital.
- Barbital belongs to the family of barbiturates.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARBITAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARBITAL
1 longer words begin with BARBITAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BARBITAL
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Common questions about BARBITAL
- Is BARBITAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARBITAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARBITAL worth?
- BARBITAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARBITAL mean?
- The generic chemical name of a barbiturate once sold as a sleeping drug under a trade name.
- What letters can be added to BARBITAL?
- BARBITAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BARBITAL:
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