SYNODICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SYNODICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYNODICAL?
| 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 SYNODICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYNODICAL
No single letter turns SYNODICAL into another word.
How SYNODICAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SYNODICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYNODICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SYNODICAL
- All 9 letters of SYNODICAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYNODICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of, relating to or enacted by a church synod.
Synodical government is the way some churches make decisions through an assembly of clergy and laypeople. In astronomy the same word measures the interval between two successive alignments, such as the synodical month of the moon.
How SYNODICAL is used
Appears in church administration and in astronomy; synodic is the shorter variant.
- The synodical vote settled the matter after a long debate.
- The church adopted a synodical form of government.
- A synodical month lasts about twenty-nine and a half days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYNODICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYNODICAL
1 longer words begin with SYNODICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SYNODICAL
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Common questions about SYNODICAL
- Is SYNODICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYNODICAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYNODICAL worth?
- SYNODICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYNODICAL mean?
- Of, relating to or enacted by a church synod.
- What letters can be added to SYNODICAL?
- No single letter can be added to SYNODICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SYNODICAL:
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