PURITANICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PURITANICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURITANICAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURITANICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURITANICAL
No single letter turns PURITANICAL into another word.
How PURITANICAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PURITANICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PURITANICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PURITANICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Very strict in morals and disapproving of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure.
The word recalls the stern Puritans of the seventeenth century, but today it is mostly a mild insult for anyone seen as prudish and joyless. A puritanical attitude may be about drink, dancing, films or simply fun.
How PURITANICAL is used
Used of people, rules and attitudes that seem rigidly moralistic, usually with a critical tone.
- Her puritanical father banned dancing in the house.
- The town had a puritanical streak that frowned on card games.
- Critics called the censorship rules puritanical.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURITANICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PURITANICAL
2 longer words begin with PURITANICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PURITANICAL
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Common questions about PURITANICAL
- Is PURITANICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURITANICAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURITANICAL worth?
- PURITANICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURITANICAL mean?
- Very strict in morals and disapproving of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure.
- What letters can be added to PURITANICAL?
- No single letter can be added to PURITANICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PURITANICAL:
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