NONSEXUAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. NONSEXUAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONSEXUAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONSEXUAL is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONSEXUAL
No single letter turns NONSEXUAL into another word.
How NONSEXUAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NONSEXUAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONSEXUAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONSEXUAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not involving or relating to sex.
Nonsexual is used to make clear that a relationship, contact or form of reproduction has nothing to do with sex. In biology it can also describe reproduction without the joining of two cells.
How NONSEXUAL is used
Used to stress that a relationship, touch or process is not sexual.
- Theirs was a close but nonsexual friendship.
- Many plants spread by nonsexual reproduction.
- The massage was purely therapeutic and nonsexual.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONSEXUAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONSEXUAL
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Common questions about NONSEXUAL
- Is NONSEXUAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONSEXUAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONSEXUAL worth?
- NONSEXUAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONSEXUAL mean?
- Not involving or relating to sex.
- What letters can be added to NONSEXUAL?
- No single letter can be added to NONSEXUAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NONSEXUAL:
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