PESTICIDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PESTICIDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PESTICIDAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PESTICIDAL is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PESTICIDAL
No single letter turns PESTICIDAL into another word.
How PESTICIDAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PESTICIDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PESTICIDAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PESTICIDAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to kill or control pests such as insects, weeds or fungi.
Farmers and chemists use pesticidal to describe sprays, soaps and natural extracts that protect crops. It focuses on the killing effect, not on how safe the product is.
How PESTICIDAL is used
Pesticidal is used in agriculture and product descriptions.
- The oil has pesticidal properties against aphids.
- Farmers tested a pesticidal spray on the tomato rows.
- Some plants produce pesticidal chemicals of their own.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PESTICIDAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PESTICIDAL
The 10 tiles of PESTICIDAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PESTICIDAL
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Common questions about PESTICIDAL
- Is PESTICIDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PESTICIDAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PESTICIDAL worth?
- PESTICIDAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PESTICIDAL mean?
- Able to kill or control pests such as insects, weeds or fungi.
- What letters can be added to PESTICIDAL?
- No single letter can be added to PESTICIDAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PESTICIDAL:
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