POPULATIONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. POPULATIONAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POPULATIONAL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POPULATIONAL is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POPULATIONAL
No single letter turns POPULATIONAL into another word.
How POPULATIONAL scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in POPULATIONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POPULATIONAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POPULATIONAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a population, especially in studies of groups of people or organisms.
Populational is used mainly in biology and statistics, as in populational variation within a species. It is less common than the plain adjective demographic. The word keeps the focus on a group, not an individual.
How POPULATIONAL is used
Used in scientific writing about groups of people or organisms.
- The study found populational differences in height.
- Populational data was gathered from twelve regions.
- A populational approach looks at the whole group, not single animals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POPULATIONAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POPULATIONAL
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Common questions about POPULATIONAL
- Is POPULATIONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POPULATIONAL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POPULATIONAL worth?
- POPULATIONAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POPULATIONAL mean?
- Relating to a population, especially in studies of groups of people or organisms.
- What letters can be added to POPULATIONAL?
- No single letter can be added to POPULATIONAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of POPULATIONAL:
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