XENIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. XENIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XENIAL?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XENIAL is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XENIAL
No single letter turns XENIAL into another word.
How XENIAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in XENIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does XENIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalrare
Relating to hospitality toward guests or strangers.
Xenial belongs to a small family of words built on the Greek idea of the guest and the stranger, and it points to the bond between a host and a visitor. A xenial gesture might be an open door, a shared meal or a warm welcome offered to someone far from home. The word is uncommon outside literary and scholarly writing, where it adds a classical flavor to talk of kindness to visitors. A separate botanical sense exists, in which the word concerns the effect of pollen on fruit or seed.
How XENIAL is used
Rare and bookish; best kept for writing about hosts, guests and traditions of welcome.
- The innkeeper was famously xenial to every traveler who crossed the pass.
- Their xenial habits meant a spare bed was always ready.
- The essay praises the xenial customs of the ancient world.
- A xenial spirit filled the whole village during the festival.
- She admired how xenial the family was toward complete strangers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XENIAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of XENIAL
The 6 tiles of XENIAL in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about XENIAL
- Is XENIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XENIAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XENIAL worth?
- XENIAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XENIAL mean?
- Relating to hospitality toward guests or strangers.
- What letters can be added to XENIAL?
- No single letter can be added to XENIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of XENIAL:
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