THESAURAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. THESAURAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THESAURAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THESAURAL is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THESAURAL
No single letter turns THESAURAL into another word.
How THESAURAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in THESAURAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THESAURAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THESAURAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raretechnical
Relating to a thesaurus, or to the grouping of words by similar meaning.
Linguists describe a thesaural arrangement when words are listed by idea rather than alphabetically. The word can also refer, in a very old sense, to a treasury or storehouse.
How THESAURAL is used
Rare outside lexicography; thesaural usually modifies nouns like index, entry or structure.
- The software offers a thesaural index of related terms.
- A thesaural approach groups words by idea instead of by letter.
- The editor added a thesaural note under each headword.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THESAURAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in THESAURAL
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Common questions about THESAURAL
- Is THESAURAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THESAURAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THESAURAL worth?
- THESAURAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THESAURAL mean?
- Relating to a thesaurus, or to the grouping of words by similar meaning.
- What letters can be added to THESAURAL?
- No single letter can be added to THESAURAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of THESAURAL:
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