PERCEPTUAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PERCEPTUAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERCEPTUAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERCEPTUAL is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERCEPTUAL
No single letter turns PERCEPTUAL into another word.
How PERCEPTUAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERCEPTUAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERCEPTUAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERCEPTUAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the way the senses take in and interpret the world around us.
Psychologists speak of perceptual skills, perceptual illusions, or perceptual speed when they study what we notice. The word focuses on sensing rather than on reasoning about what was sensed.
How PERCEPTUAL is used
Used in psychology, neuroscience, and education before nouns such as skill or illusion.
- The test measured perceptual speed in children.
- An optical illusion is a kind of perceptual trick.
- She had a keen perceptual sense for small changes in colour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERCEPTUAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERCEPTUAL
1 longer words begin with PERCEPTUAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PERCEPTUAL
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Common questions about PERCEPTUAL
- Is PERCEPTUAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERCEPTUAL, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERCEPTUAL worth?
- PERCEPTUAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERCEPTUAL mean?
- Relating to the way the senses take in and interpret the world around us.
- What letters can be added to PERCEPTUAL?
- No single letter can be added to PERCEPTUAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERCEPTUAL:
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