FONTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FONTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FONTAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FONTAL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FONTAL
No single letter turns FONTAL into another word.
How FONTAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FONTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does FONTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to a spring or fountain, or to an original source.
Fontal is drawn from the Latin word for a spring, and it can be literal, as with water welling from the ground, or figurative, as with the fountainhead of an idea. It also has a use in religion, where it points to a baptismal font. Writers choose it when they want a more solemn tone than the plain word source gives.
How FONTAL is used
Rare and literary; often replaced by words like original or primal.
- The poet wrote of a fontal stream beneath the hill.
- They traced the custom to its fontal origin.
- A fontal basin of stone stood in the chapel porch.
- He looked for the fontal truth behind the legend.
- The valley is known for its fontal waters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FONTAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FONTAL
Showing 40 of 52. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about FONTAL
- Is FONTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FONTAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FONTAL worth?
- FONTAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FONTAL mean?
- Relating to a spring or fountain, or to an original source.
- What letters can be added to FONTAL?
- No single letter can be added to FONTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FONTAL:
Open FONTAL in the Word Finder