PRESIDIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PRESIDIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRESIDIAL?
| 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 PRESIDIAL is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRESIDIAL
No single letter turns PRESIDIAL into another word.
How PRESIDIAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PRESIDIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRESIDIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRESIDIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaichistorical
Relating to a garrison, a province, or a president.
Historians meet presidial mostly in connection with the Spanish and French systems, where a presidial court or a presidial fort served a district. Modern writers rarely use presidial except in such historical contexts, preferring the word presidential.
How PRESIDIAL is used
Rare and mostly historical; do not confuse it with presidential.
- The presidial court judged minor cases in the old French town.
- A presidial garrison guarded the frontier road.
- Spanish settlers built a presidial fort to protect the mission.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRESIDIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PRESIDIAL
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Common questions about PRESIDIAL
- Is PRESIDIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRESIDIAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRESIDIAL worth?
- PRESIDIAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRESIDIAL mean?
- Relating to a garrison, a province, or a president.
- What letters can be added to PRESIDIAL?
- No single letter can be added to PRESIDIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PRESIDIAL:
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