SEMINAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SEMINAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMINAL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMINAL is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMINAL
No single letter turns SEMINAL into another word.
How SEMINAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SEMINAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What stands out about SEMINAL
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEMINAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Strongly influencing later developments, or original and highly influential.
Critics call a book, film or paper seminal when later work grows from it like a plant from a seed. The word also has a biological meaning tied to semen or seed, which is where the figurative sense came from.
How SEMINAL is used
Seminal is most often used in academic and cultural writing to praise an influential work.
- Her seminal essay changed how historians read the period.
- The band released a seminal album in 1977.
- Doctors examined the seminal fluid under a microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMINAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEMINAL
The 7 tiles of SEMINAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SEMINAL
3 longer words begin with SEMINAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMINAL
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Common questions about SEMINAL
- Is SEMINAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMINAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMINAL worth?
- SEMINAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMINAL mean?
- Strongly influencing later developments, or original and highly influential.
- What letters can be added to SEMINAL?
- No single letter can be added to SEMINAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SEMINAL:
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