EQUINOCTIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. EQUINOCTIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EQUINOCTIAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EQUINOCTIAL is to know. It scores 22 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EQUINOCTIAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
equinoctialsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EQUINOCTIAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in EQUINOCTIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EQUINOCTIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EQUINOCTIAL
- EQUINOCTIAL contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EQUINOCTIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Connected with an equinox, the time of year when day and night are of equal length.
Sailors spoke of equinoctial gales, the strong storms that often arrive around the spring and autumn equinoxes. In astronomy the word also describes lines and points tied to the equator of the sky.
How EQUINOCTIAL is used
Appears in astronomy, navigation and weather writing, often before nouns like gale, line or point.
- An equinoctial storm kept the fleet in harbour for three days.
- The equinoctial point marks where the sun crosses the celestial equator.
- Old almanacs warned of equinoctial gales in September.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EQUINOCTIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EQUINOCTIAL
2 longer words begin with EQUINOCTIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in EQUINOCTIAL
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Common questions about EQUINOCTIAL
- Is EQUINOCTIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EQUINOCTIAL, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EQUINOCTIAL worth?
- EQUINOCTIAL is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EQUINOCTIAL mean?
- Connected with an equinox, the time of year when day and night are of equal length.
- What letters can be added to EQUINOCTIAL?
- EQUINOCTIAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of EQUINOCTIAL:
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