ECTYPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ECTYPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECTYPAL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECTYPAL is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECTYPAL
No single letter turns ECTYPAL into another word.
How ECTYPAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ECTYPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does ECTYPAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Being a copy or reproduction of an original, rather than the original model itself.
Philosophers once used ectypal to contrast a copy with its archetype, the pattern from which it is taken. An ectypal work may be a cast, a print or a mental image. The word is now very rare outside older books.
How ECTYPAL is used
A rare scholarly word that sets a copy against its original.
- The ectypal figure was cast from the master mould.
- He called the painting a merely ectypal version of the lost work.
- Ectypal copies of the seal were passed among the clerks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECTYPAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ECTYPAL
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Common questions about ECTYPAL
- Is ECTYPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECTYPAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECTYPAL worth?
- ECTYPAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECTYPAL mean?
- Being a copy or reproduction of an original, rather than the original model itself.
- What letters can be added to ECTYPAL?
- No single letter can be added to ECTYPAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ECTYPAL:
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