NONFICTIONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. NONFICTIONAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONFICTIONAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONFICTIONAL is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONFICTIONAL
No single letter turns NONFICTIONAL into another word.
How NONFICTIONAL scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in NONFICTIONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONFICTIONAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONFICTIONAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Based on real people, facts and events rather than invention.
A nonfictional work such as a biography or a history sets out to inform. Booksellers shelve nonfictional titles apart from novels. The word nonfictional is a slightly longer cousin of nonfiction.
How NONFICTIONAL is used
Nonfictional describes books, films and writing that deal with real events and facts.
- She prefers nonfictional accounts of polar exploration.
- The film is a nonfictional portrait of a fishing town.
- A nonfictional narrative still needs a good structure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONFICTIONAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NONFICTIONAL
1 longer words begin with NONFICTIONAL.
Shorter words from the letters in NONFICTIONAL
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Common questions about NONFICTIONAL
- Is NONFICTIONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONFICTIONAL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONFICTIONAL worth?
- NONFICTIONAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONFICTIONAL mean?
- Based on real people, facts and events rather than invention.
- What letters can be added to NONFICTIONAL?
- No single letter can be added to NONFICTIONAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of NONFICTIONAL:
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