IRREAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. IRREAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IRREAL?
| 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 IRREAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IRREAL
No single letter turns IRREAL into another word.
How IRREAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in IRREAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,440.
What stands out about IRREAL
- The same 6 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 IRREAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Not real; lacking a basis in reality.
Irreal describes something that is not real, whether because it exists only in imagination, fiction or thought, or because it fails to correspond to any actual state of affairs. Philosophers and linguists sometimes prefer irreal to the more common unreal, especially when discussing grammar that expresses hypothetical, wished-for or contrary-to-fact situations, known as the irrealis mood. Outside specialist writing the word is rare, and most speakers reach for unreal or unrealistic instead. It should not be confused with unreal, though the two overlap closely in meaning.
How IRREAL is used
A rare, mostly literary or academic word, used where unreal would be the everyday choice.
- The novel blurred the line between the real and the irreal.
- Linguists study how languages mark irreal statements.
- His account of the meeting felt strangely irreal.
- The painting captured an irreal, dreamlike landscape.
- Grammarians describe wishes and conditions as irreal moods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IRREAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IRREAL
The 6 tiles of IRREAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with IRREAL
4 longer words begin with IRREAL.
Shorter words from the letters in IRREAL
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Common questions about IRREAL
- Is IRREAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IRREAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IRREAL worth?
- IRREAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IRREAL mean?
- Not real; lacking a basis in reality.
- What letters can be added to IRREAL?
- No single letter can be added to IRREAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of IRREAL:
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