TAUTOLOGICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TAUTOLOGICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAUTOLOGICAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAUTOLOGICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAUTOLOGICAL
No single letter turns TAUTOLOGICAL into another word.
How TAUTOLOGICAL scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in TAUTOLOGICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAUTOLOGICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TAUTOLOGICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Saying the same thing twice in different words, or being true by its very form.
Tautological phrases such as "free gift" or "added bonus" repeat an idea that the first word already carries. In logic, a tautological statement is one that cannot be false.
How TAUTOLOGICAL is used
Used by editors, critics and logicians, often as mild criticism.
- The editor marked the phrase as tautological.
- Saying that a bachelor is unmarried is almost tautological.
- A tautological argument proves nothing new.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAUTOLOGICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAUTOLOGICAL
1 longer words begin with TAUTOLOGICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in TAUTOLOGICAL
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Common questions about TAUTOLOGICAL
- Is TAUTOLOGICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAUTOLOGICAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAUTOLOGICAL worth?
- TAUTOLOGICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAUTOLOGICAL mean?
- Saying the same thing twice in different words, or being true by its very form.
- What letters can be added to TAUTOLOGICAL?
- No single letter can be added to TAUTOLOGICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of TAUTOLOGICAL:
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