RASORIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RASORIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RASORIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RASORIAL is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RASORIAL
No single letter turns RASORIAL into another word.
How RASORIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RASORIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RASORIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RASORIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Adapted to scratching the ground in search of food, as chickens and similar birds do.
Rasorial is a naturalist's word for ground-scratching habits and for the birds that have them. Strong legs and blunt claws are the usual rasorial equipment.
How RASORIAL is used
Rasorial appears in older zoological writing about fowl, pheasants and other scratching birds.
- The hen's rasorial habits turned the garden bed into a dust bowl.
- Pheasants are classic rasorial birds, forever scratching at leaf litter.
- The old field guide grouped partridges among the rasorial species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RASORIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about RASORIAL
- Is RASORIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RASORIAL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RASORIAL worth?
- RASORIAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RASORIAL mean?
- Adapted to scratching the ground in search of food, as chickens and similar birds do.
- What letters can be added to RASORIAL?
- No single letter can be added to RASORIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RASORIAL:
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