POETICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POETICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POETICAL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POETICAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POETICAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poeticalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POETICAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POETICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POETICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about POETICAL
- All 8 letters of POETICAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POETICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of or like poetry, or written in verse.
Poetical is a slightly longer and more old-fashioned relative of poetic. It often comes up in the titles of older books, as in the poetical works of an author, where it signals the collected verse.
How POETICAL is used
Poetical is a formal, somewhat dated alternative to poetic.
- The library holds the complete poetical works of Keats.
- She has a poetical way of describing the sea.
- The speech was more poetical than practical.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POETICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POETICAL
4 longer words begin with POETICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in POETICAL
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Common questions about POETICAL
- Is POETICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POETICAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POETICAL worth?
- POETICAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POETICAL mean?
- Of or like poetry, or written in verse.
- What letters can be added to POETICAL?
- POETICAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POETICAL:
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