SOPHISTICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SOPHISTICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOPHISTICAL?
| 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 SOPHISTICAL is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOPHISTICAL
No single letter turns SOPHISTICAL into another word.
How SOPHISTICAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SOPHISTICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOPHISTICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SOPHISTICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Seeming clever and convincing but actually based on false or misleading reasoning.
A sophistical argument sounds polished and wins applause while hiding a flaw in its logic. The word comes from the sophists of ancient Greece, whose paid teaching of rhetoric was often accused of favouring victory over truth. It is a serious charge against someone's reasoning.
How SOPHISTICAL is used
Sophistical is used in debate, philosophy and criticism to condemn deceptively clever arguments.
- The lawyer's sophistical reply dodged the real question.
- Critics dismissed the proposal as sophistical nonsense.
- He had a talent for sophistical reasoning that sounded plausible at first hearing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOPHISTICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOPHISTICAL
1 longer words begin with SOPHISTICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SOPHISTICAL
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Common questions about SOPHISTICAL
- Is SOPHISTICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOPHISTICAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOPHISTICAL worth?
- SOPHISTICAL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOPHISTICAL mean?
- Seeming clever and convincing but actually based on false or misleading reasoning.
- What letters can be added to SOPHISTICAL?
- No single letter can be added to SOPHISTICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SOPHISTICAL:
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