IATRICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. IATRICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IATRICAL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IATRICAL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IATRICAL
No single letter turns IATRICAL into another word.
How IATRICAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in IATRICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IATRICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IATRICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to medicine or to physicians.
Iatrical comes from the Greek word for a healer and is also seen in iatric, which is described in another entry. It crops up in learned prose where a writer wants a more scholarly word than medical.
How IATRICAL is used
Iatrical is a rare, bookish adjective found in old or learned writing.
- The essay discussed the iatrical customs of ancient Greece.
- He wrote with an iatrical authority that impressed his patients.
- An iatrical tradition ran in the family for generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IATRICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in IATRICAL
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Common questions about IATRICAL
- Is IATRICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IATRICAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IATRICAL worth?
- IATRICAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IATRICAL mean?
- Relating to medicine or to physicians.
- What letters can be added to IATRICAL?
- No single letter can be added to IATRICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of IATRICAL:
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