DISTORTIONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DISTORTIONAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISTORTIONAL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISTORTIONAL is to know. It scores 13 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISTORTIONAL
No single letter turns DISTORTIONAL into another word.
How DISTORTIONAL scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in DISTORTIONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISTORTIONAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISTORTIONAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a change of shape or form without a change in volume or size.
Distortional effects matter to engineers studying how beams and plates bend under load. In acoustics and electronics, distortional changes are the unwanted alterations to a signal.
How DISTORTIONAL is used
Used in engineering, physics and signal processing.
- The bridge showed distortional strain under heavy traffic.
- Engineers measured the distortional energy in the steel.
- A distortional wave moves through the solid without compressing it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISTORTIONAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DISTORTIONAL
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Common questions about DISTORTIONAL
- Is DISTORTIONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISTORTIONAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISTORTIONAL worth?
- DISTORTIONAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISTORTIONAL mean?
- Relating to a change of shape or form without a change in volume or size.
- What letters can be added to DISTORTIONAL?
- No single letter can be added to DISTORTIONAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of DISTORTIONAL:
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