DIABOLICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DIABOLICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIABOLICAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIABOLICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIABOLICAL
No single letter turns DIABOLICAL into another word.
How DIABOLICAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DIABOLICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIABOLICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIABOLICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Wicked in the way of a devil; or, in informal British use, extremely bad.
Diabolical can mean truly evil and cunning, as in a diabolical plot. Casually, especially in Britain, people use it for something terrible, like diabolical weather or a diabolical referee.
How DIABOLICAL is used
Serious in stories and drama; humorous and informal when complaining about bad things.
- The villain unveiled a diabolical scheme.
- The traffic this morning was diabolical.
- He gave a diabolical grin before the trick.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIABOLICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIABOLICAL
3 longer words begin with DIABOLICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in DIABOLICAL
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Common questions about DIABOLICAL
- Is DIABOLICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIABOLICAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIABOLICAL worth?
- DIABOLICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIABOLICAL mean?
- Wicked in the way of a devil; or, in informal British use, extremely bad.
- What letters can be added to DIABOLICAL?
- No single letter can be added to DIABOLICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DIABOLICAL:
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