NONMARITAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NONMARITAL 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 NONMARITAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONMARITAL is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONMARITAL
No single letter turns NONMARITAL into another word.
How NONMARITAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NONMARITAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONMARITAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONMARITAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Outside of marriage, or not arising from a marriage.
Nonmarital turns up in law and social research, for example in nonmarital births or nonmarital property. It avoids the older and harsher labels for the same situations.
How NONMARITAL is used
Nonmarital is used in legal and statistical writing.
- The study tracked nonmarital births across the decade.
- Nonmarital partners may have different rights over property.
- The court considered a nonmarital relationship of many years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONMARITAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONMARITAL
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Common questions about NONMARITAL
- Is NONMARITAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONMARITAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONMARITAL worth?
- NONMARITAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONMARITAL mean?
- Outside of marriage, or not arising from a marriage.
- What letters can be added to NONMARITAL?
- No single letter can be added to NONMARITAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NONMARITAL:
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