MANIACAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MANIACAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANIACAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANIACAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANIACAL
No single letter turns MANIACAL into another word.
How MANIACAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MANIACAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANIACAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MANIACAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Showing wild, frenzied or obsessive behaviour as if driven by madness.
A maniacal laugh is the stock sound of film villains. People also use maniacal playfully for extreme enthusiasm, such as a maniacal devotion to cleaning.
How MANIACAL is used
Maniacal describes laughs, energy and obsessions.
- The villain let out a maniacal laugh.
- He drove with maniacal speed.
- A maniacal gleam shone in her eyes.
- The fans cheered with maniacal energy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANIACAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANIACAL
1 longer words begin with MANIACAL.
Shorter words from the letters in MANIACAL
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Common questions about MANIACAL
- Is MANIACAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANIACAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANIACAL worth?
- MANIACAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANIACAL mean?
- Showing wild, frenzied or obsessive behaviour as if driven by madness.
- What letters can be added to MANIACAL?
- No single letter can be added to MANIACAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MANIACAL:
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