TEGMINAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TEGMINAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEGMINAL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEGMINAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEGMINAL
No single letter turns TEGMINAL into another word.
How TEGMINAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TEGMINAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TEGMINAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TEGMINAL
- All 8 letters of TEGMINAL are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TEGMINAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a tegmen, the covering of a seed or the leathery forewing of some insects.
Tegminal is a narrow scientific adjective used by botanists and entomologists to point to the protective inner layer of a seed or an insect wing cover. It rarely occurs outside such descriptions.
How TEGMINAL is used
The word tegminal is very rare and technical.
- The tegminal layer protected the seed from drying out.
- Tegminal veins were visible on the cricket's wing.
- The paper compared tegminal features across species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEGMINAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEGMINAL
The 8 tiles of TEGMINAL in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TEGMINAL
Showing 40 of 358. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about TEGMINAL
- Is TEGMINAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEGMINAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEGMINAL worth?
- TEGMINAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEGMINAL mean?
- Relating to a tegmen, the covering of a seed or the leathery forewing of some insects.
- What letters can be added to TEGMINAL?
- No single letter can be added to TEGMINAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TEGMINAL:
Open TEGMINAL in the Word Finder