VERIDICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. VERIDICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERIDICAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERIDICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERIDICAL
No single letter turns VERIDICAL into another word.
How VERIDICAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VERIDICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VERIDICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VERIDICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Matching reality or fact, and therefore truthful.
Veridical turns up in philosophy and psychology, for instance for a perception that accurately reflects the world, or a dream that turns out to be true. The form veridic exists but is much rarer.
How VERIDICAL is used
Veridical is a formal word found in philosophy, psychology and careful academic prose.
- The witness gave a veridical account of the accident.
- Philosophers ask when a perception can be called veridical.
- Her memory of the event proved veridical.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERIDICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VERIDICAL
The 9 tiles of VERIDICAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VERIDICAL
3 longer words begin with VERIDICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in VERIDICAL
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Common questions about VERIDICAL
- Is VERIDICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERIDICAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERIDICAL worth?
- VERIDICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERIDICAL mean?
- Matching reality or fact, and therefore truthful.
- What letters can be added to VERIDICAL?
- No single letter can be added to VERIDICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VERIDICAL:
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