DIPHTHONGAL is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. DIPHTHONGAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPHTHONGAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPHTHONGAL is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPHTHONGAL
No single letter turns DIPHTHONGAL into another word.
How DIPHTHONGAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DIPHTHONGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIPHTHONGAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIPHTHONGAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to or having the character of a diphthong, a vowel sound that glides from one quality to another.
Linguists call a vowel diphthongal when the tongue moves during its pronunciation, as in the word "coin". The word also describes letters, like the old ligature, that stand for such sounds.
How DIPHTHONGAL is used
Used in phonetics and linguistics.
- English has a diphthongal pronunciation of the vowel in "boat".
- The speaker's diphthongal vowels marked his accent.
- The phonetician described the sound as diphthongal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPHTHONGAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIPHTHONGAL
1 longer words begin with DIPHTHONGAL.
Shorter words from the letters in DIPHTHONGAL
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Common questions about DIPHTHONGAL
- Is DIPHTHONGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPHTHONGAL, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPHTHONGAL worth?
- DIPHTHONGAL is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPHTHONGAL mean?
- Relating to or having the character of a diphthong, a vowel sound that glides from one quality to another.
- What letters can be added to DIPHTHONGAL?
- No single letter can be added to DIPHTHONGAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DIPHTHONGAL:
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