GERMINAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GERMINAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GERMINAL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GERMINAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GERMINAL
No single letter turns GERMINAL into another word.
How GERMINAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GERMINAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GERMINAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GERMINAL
- All 8 letters of GERMINAL are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 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 GERMINAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Belonging to the earliest stage of growth, or relating to a germ cell.
Germinal can describe an idea that is only just beginning to take shape, or a cell that passes genes to the next generation. Germinal is also the name of a month in the French Revolutionary calendar, falling in spring.
How GERMINAL is used
Germinal appears in biology, in figurative talk of early ideas, and in French history.
- The germinal idea for the novel came from a dream.
- A mutation in germinal cells can be inherited.
- The project was still in its germinal stage.
- Germinal was the seventh month of the revolutionary calendar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GERMINAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GERMINAL
The 8 tiles of GERMINAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GERMINAL
1 longer words begin with GERMINAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GERMINAL
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Common questions about GERMINAL
- Is GERMINAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GERMINAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GERMINAL worth?
- GERMINAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GERMINAL mean?
- Belonging to the earliest stage of growth, or relating to a germ cell.
- What letters can be added to GERMINAL?
- No single letter can be added to GERMINAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GERMINAL:
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