SPECIATIONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SPECIATIONAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPECIATIONAL?
| 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 SPECIATIONAL is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPECIATIONAL
No single letter turns SPECIATIONAL into another word.
How SPECIATIONAL scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in SPECIATIONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPECIATIONAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPECIATIONAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the process by which new biological species arise.
Speciational is used in evolutionary biology for changes tied to the splitting of one species into two. It appears in debates over whether evolution proceeds gradually or in bursts around speciation events.
How SPECIATIONAL is used
A technical term found in evolutionary biology and palaeontology.
- The paper argues for a speciational model of evolutionary change.
- Speciational events are often hard to spot in the fossil record.
- He studied speciational patterns in island birds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPECIATIONAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPECIATIONAL
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Common questions about SPECIATIONAL
- Is SPECIATIONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPECIATIONAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPECIATIONAL worth?
- SPECIATIONAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPECIATIONAL mean?
- Relating to the process by which new biological species arise.
- What letters can be added to SPECIATIONAL?
- No single letter can be added to SPECIATIONAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of SPECIATIONAL:
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