TIDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TIDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIDAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIDAL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIDAL
No single letter turns TIDAL into another word.
How TIDAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TIDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does TIDAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to, caused by, or affected by the rise and fall of the sea produced by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
Something described as tidal changes in a regular, predictable rhythm the way coastal water levels do, whether that thing is an actual stretch of shoreline or a figure of speech borrowed from it. Engineers speak of tidal power generated by the movement of water through a barrage, while writers borrow the same word for a tidal wave of complaints or attention that rises and falls in a similar pattern. The adjective always points back to the tide itself, even when the object it describes has nothing to do with the ocean.
How TIDAL is used
A common adjective in both literal descriptions of coasts and rivers and in figurative descriptions of anything that surges and recedes.
- The harbour empties out completely at low tidal points.
- Engineers studied the site for a new tidal power station.
- A tidal wave of applications arrived after the announcement.
- The marsh floods twice a day under normal tidal conditions.
- Boats here have to work around strong tidal currents.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIDAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIDAL
The 5 tiles of TIDAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TIDAL
1 longer words begin with TIDAL.
Words ending in TIDAL
7 words end in TIDAL. Useful as a back hook: play TIDAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIDAL inside
2 words contain TIDAL in the middle. Words that start with TIDAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIDAL
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Common questions about TIDAL
- Is TIDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIDAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIDAL worth?
- TIDAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIDAL mean?
- Relating to, caused by, or affected by the rise and fall of the sea produced by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
- What letters can be added to TIDAL?
- No single letter can be added to TIDAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TIDAL:
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