TOTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TOTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOTAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOTAL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOTAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
totalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOTAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TOTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,428.
What does TOTAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The whole amount arrived at by adding together all the separate parts or quantities in a group.
A total is the single figure left once every item on a bill, a list, or a set of measurements has been added up. The word comes from the Latin totus, meaning whole, and the same root gives English the adjective total, meaning complete or entire. Shops, accountants, and scoreboards all rely on the total as the final number that sums up everything that came before it. Reaching a total usually means the counting or adding is finished.
How TOTAL is used
Common in everyday counting, accounts, and sports scores, where the total is the final figure at the bottom of a list.
- The cashier read out the total at the end of the receipt.
- Add these three numbers and tell me the total.
- Her total for the marathon training was over four hundred miles.
- The scoreboard showed a total of eighty-two points.
- After tax, the total came to twenty-three dollars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOTAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TOTAL
The 5 tiles of TOTAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TOTAL
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with TOTAL.
Words ending in TOTAL
3 words end in TOTAL. Useful as a back hook: play TOTAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOTAL inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain TOTAL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TOTAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOTAL
Common questions about TOTAL
- Is TOTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOTAL, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOTAL worth?
- TOTAL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOTAL mean?
- The whole amount arrived at by adding together all the separate parts or quantities in a group.
- What letters can be added to TOTAL?
- TOTAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TOTAL:
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