NONRACIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NONRACIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONRACIAL?
| 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 NONRACIAL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONRACIAL
No single letter turns NONRACIAL into another word.
How NONRACIAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NONRACIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONRACIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONRACIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Free of racial considerations, or open to people regardless of their race.
The word often describes institutions or systems built on equal membership rather than racial division. It is closely linked to the history of South Africa, where a nonracial society was a stated goal of the opposition to apartheid.
How NONRACIAL is used
Appears in political, historical and organisational contexts about equal and unsegregated membership.
- The club adopted a nonracial membership policy decades before the law required it.
- They campaigned for a nonracial democracy with one vote for every adult.
- The scholarship has nonracial criteria and is judged on merit alone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONRACIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NONRACIAL
1 longer words begin with NONRACIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in NONRACIAL
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Common questions about NONRACIAL
- Is NONRACIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONRACIAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONRACIAL worth?
- NONRACIAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONRACIAL mean?
- Free of racial considerations, or open to people regardless of their race.
- What letters can be added to NONRACIAL?
- No single letter can be added to NONRACIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NONRACIAL:
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