SPECTRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SPECTRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPECTRAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPECTRAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPECTRAL
No single letter turns SPECTRAL into another word.
How SPECTRAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPECTRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPECTRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPECTRAL
- All 8 letters of SPECTRAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPECTRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Ghostly and eerie, or relating to a range of colours or frequencies.
Spectral has two quite separate lives. In stories it describes pale, haunting figures, while in physics it concerns the spectrum of light produced by a prism or an instrument.
How SPECTRAL is used
Used both in gothic writing about ghosts and in scientific analysis of light.
- A spectral glow drifted across the marsh.
- The spectral lines revealed which gases the star contained.
- Moonlight gave the ruins a spectral look.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPECTRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPECTRAL
The 8 tiles of SPECTRAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPECTRAL
5 longer words begin with SPECTRAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SPECTRAL
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Common questions about SPECTRAL
- Is SPECTRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPECTRAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPECTRAL worth?
- SPECTRAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPECTRAL mean?
- Ghostly and eerie, or relating to a range of colours or frequencies.
- What letters can be added to SPECTRAL?
- No single letter can be added to SPECTRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPECTRAL:
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