HORIZONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HORIZONAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORIZONAL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORIZONAL is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORIZONAL
No single letter turns HORIZONAL into another word.
How HORIZONAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HORIZONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HORIZONAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HORIZONAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to the horizon, the line where earth and sky appear to meet.
Horizonal is a rare word that most writers replace with horizontal, which means level. Horizonal stays closer to the sense of the horizon itself.
How HORIZONAL is used
Horizonal is rare and mostly literary or technical.
- The horizonal glow of sunset lit the sea.
- A thin horizonal line of cloud lay over the hills.
- The artist painted a soft horizonal haze.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORIZONAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HORIZONAL
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Common questions about HORIZONAL
- Is HORIZONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORIZONAL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORIZONAL worth?
- HORIZONAL is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORIZONAL mean?
- Relating to the horizon, the line where earth and sky appear to meet.
- What letters can be added to HORIZONAL?
- No single letter can be added to HORIZONAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HORIZONAL:
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