LAICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LAICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAICAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAICAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAICAL
No single letter turns LAICAL into another word.
How LAICAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LAICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What stands out about LAICAL
- LAICAL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LAICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalhistorical
Belonging to the laity rather than the clergy; secular in character.
Laical marks a contrast with clerical, describing people, courts, or duties that belong to ordinary members of a church rather than to ordained priests or ministers. Historians of the church use the word to discuss laical rights and laical participation in matters once reserved for clergy alone. Outside religious history, laical has largely given way to the simpler word secular, which is why it now reads as a formal, slightly old-fashioned term.
How LAICAL is used
Formal and somewhat old-fashioned, used mainly in religious and historical writing to distinguish laypeople from the clergy.
- The council debated how much laical authority the parish should hold.
- Historians traced the growth of laical influence within the medieval church.
- The reform expanded laical participation in decisions once left to bishops.
- A laical court handled the dispute rather than a church tribunal.
- The pamphlet argued for greater laical control over church finances.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAICAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAICAL
1 longer words begin with LAICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in LAICAL
Common questions about LAICAL
- Is LAICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAICAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAICAL worth?
- LAICAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAICAL mean?
- Belonging to the laity rather than the clergy; secular in character.
- What letters can be added to LAICAL?
- No single letter can be added to LAICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LAICAL:
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