SORTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SORTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORTAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORTAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORTAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sortalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SORTAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SORTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does SORTAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A term or concept that classifies things into a particular kind and provides a way of counting and identifying individual members of that kind.
Philosophers of language use a sortal, such as person, tree or chair, to mark off words that tell us both what something is and how to count separate instances of it, unlike ordinary adjectives such as red or heavy. The idea traces back to John Locke's discussion of how the mind sorts things into kinds. In linguistics the same word is used as an adjective, describing terms that behave this way.
How SORTAL is used
Technical term of philosophy and linguistics, rarely used outside academic writing.
- The philosopher argued that person functions as a sortal, while tall does not.
- A sortal tells us not just what a thing is, but how to count instances of it.
- Her thesis compares sortal and non-sortal nouns across several languages.
- Chair counts as a sortal because we can ask how many chairs are in the room.
- The lecture used cat as a simple example of a sortal term.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORTAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORTAL
The 6 tiles of SORTAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SORTAL
1 longer words begin with SORTAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SORTAL
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Common questions about SORTAL
- Is SORTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORTAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORTAL worth?
- SORTAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORTAL mean?
- A term or concept that classifies things into a particular kind and provides a way of counting and identifying individual members of that kind.
- What letters can be added to SORTAL?
- SORTAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SORTAL:
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