VESTIGIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VESTIGIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VESTIGIAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VESTIGIAL is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VESTIGIAL
No single letter turns VESTIGIAL into another word.
How VESTIGIAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VESTIGIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VESTIGIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VESTIGIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Forming a tiny remnant of something that once was larger or more useful.
In biology a vestigial organ, such as the human appendix, has lost most of its original function over evolution. Outside science the word describes any faint trace that survives from something once important.
How VESTIGIAL is used
Used in biology for reduced body parts and generally for leftover traces.
- Whales have vestigial hip bones.
- The tailbone is a vestigial structure in humans.
- A vestigial trace of the old custom survives in the village.
- The company kept a vestigial department that did nothing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VESTIGIAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VESTIGIAL
1 longer words begin with VESTIGIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in VESTIGIAL
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Common questions about VESTIGIAL
- Is VESTIGIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VESTIGIAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VESTIGIAL worth?
- VESTIGIAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VESTIGIAL mean?
- Forming a tiny remnant of something that once was larger or more useful.
- What letters can be added to VESTIGIAL?
- No single letter can be added to VESTIGIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VESTIGIAL:
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