ISOGLOSSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ISOGLOSSAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISOGLOSSAL?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISOGLOSSAL is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISOGLOSSAL
No single letter turns ISOGLOSSAL into another word.
How ISOGLOSSAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ISOGLOSSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ISOGLOSSAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ISOGLOSSAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an isogloss, a line on a map separating areas that differ in a language feature.
Linguists call a boundary isoglossal when it marks where a pronunciation, word or grammar pattern changes. The idea helps map dialect regions. Several isoglossal lines often bunch together to suggest a dialect border.
How ISOGLOSSAL is used
Used in dialectology and linguistic geography.
- The isoglossal boundary runs along the river.
- An isoglossal map showed where people said pail instead of bucket.
- The study traced isoglossal patterns across the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISOGLOSSAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ISOGLOSSAL
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Common questions about ISOGLOSSAL
- Is ISOGLOSSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISOGLOSSAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISOGLOSSAL worth?
- ISOGLOSSAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISOGLOSSAL mean?
- Relating to an isogloss, a line on a map separating areas that differ in a language feature.
- What letters can be added to ISOGLOSSAL?
- No single letter can be added to ISOGLOSSAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ISOGLOSSAL:
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