NONTERMINAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. NONTERMINAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONTERMINAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONTERMINAL is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONTERMINAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nonterminalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NONTERMINAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in NONTERMINAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONTERMINAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONTERMINAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A symbol in a formal grammar that stands for a category and can be rewritten into other symbols.
In a programming-language grammar, a nonterminal such as expression expands through rules until only literal tokens remain. Those final tokens are the terminals, and the contrast between the two kinds drives how parsers are built.
How NONTERMINAL is used
Used in computer science and linguistics when discussing grammars and parsing.
- Each nonterminal in the grammar has at least one production rule.
- The parser replaces a nonterminal with the symbols on the right-hand side.
- The start symbol is itself a nonterminal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONTERMINAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NONTERMINAL
2 longer words begin with NONTERMINAL.
Shorter words from the letters in NONTERMINAL
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Common questions about NONTERMINAL
- Is NONTERMINAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONTERMINAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONTERMINAL worth?
- NONTERMINAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONTERMINAL mean?
- A symbol in a formal grammar that stands for a category and can be rewritten into other symbols.
- What letters can be added to NONTERMINAL?
- NONTERMINAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of NONTERMINAL:
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