EPICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. EPICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPICAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPICAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPICAL
No single letter turns EPICAL into another word.
How EPICAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EPICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about EPICAL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EPICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Having the grand scale or character of an epic poem; heroic in manner or size.
Critics call a story epical when it follows a hero through large events and long journeys in the manner of Homer or Virgil. The word is a longer and more formal cousin of epic, and it can describe a narrative style, a subject or a grand achievement. In casual talk people almost always say epic, so epical sounds deliberately bookish.
How EPICAL is used
Literary and formal; speakers usually prefer epic in everyday talk.
- The novel has an epical sweep that covers three generations.
- He praised the film for its epical ambition.
- An epical struggle between two great houses fills the first book.
- The critic found the style more epical than lyrical.
- Their epical journey across the continent took years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPICAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EPICAL
The 6 tiles of EPICAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with EPICAL
4 longer words begin with EPICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in EPICAL
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Common questions about EPICAL
- Is EPICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPICAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPICAL worth?
- EPICAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPICAL mean?
- Having the grand scale or character of an epic poem; heroic in manner or size.
- What letters can be added to EPICAL?
- No single letter can be added to EPICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EPICAL:
Open EPICAL in the Word Finder