DAEDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DAEDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAEDAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAEDAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAEDAL
No single letter turns DAEDAL into another word.
How DAEDAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DAEDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does DAEDAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Skilfully or intricately made; showing great inventive or artistic craftsmanship.
Writers reach for daedal when plain words like intricate or ingenious feel too flat, often to describe elaborate architecture, finely wrought ornament, or a complex piece of writing. The word comes from Daedalus, the mythical craftsman said to have built the labyrinth of Minos and fashioned wings so he and his son Icarus could escape it, so daedal carries a faint echo of that legendary cleverness. It appears almost only in literary or poetic prose rather than in everyday description.
How DAEDAL is used
A literary word, used mainly in poetic or elevated prose rather than ordinary conversation.
- The cathedral's daedal stonework took decades to carve.
- Critics praised the novel's daedal structure of interlocking stories.
- A daedal pattern of vines covered the old gate.
- The poem describes a daedal maze of mirrors and light.
- Her daedal needlework impressed everyone at the exhibition.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAEDAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAEDAL
3 longer words begin with DAEDAL.
Shorter words from the letters in DAEDAL
Common questions about DAEDAL
- Is DAEDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAEDAL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAEDAL worth?
- DAEDAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAEDAL mean?
- Skilfully or intricately made; showing great inventive or artistic craftsmanship.
- What letters can be added to DAEDAL?
- No single letter can be added to DAEDAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DAEDAL:
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