OPTIMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OPTIMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPTIMAL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPTIMAL is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPTIMAL
No single letter turns OPTIMAL into another word.
How OPTIMAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OPTIMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does OPTIMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Best or most favourable under the given conditions.
Engineers, doctors and economists use optimal to mean the best result that can be reached within limits. Because the best is a single point, careful writers avoid softening it with words like very.
How OPTIMAL is used
Optimal is common in technical and business writing, and is close in sense to optimum.
- The plant grows best at an optimal temperature of twenty degrees.
- We searched for the optimal route through the busy city.
- Sleep is essential for optimal performance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPTIMAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPTIMAL
15 longer words begin with OPTIMAL.
Shorter words from the letters in OPTIMAL
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Common questions about OPTIMAL
- Is OPTIMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPTIMAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPTIMAL worth?
- OPTIMAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPTIMAL mean?
- Best or most favourable under the given conditions.
- What letters can be added to OPTIMAL?
- No single letter can be added to OPTIMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OPTIMAL:
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