Is INITIAL a word?
INITIAL is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 35 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, INITIAL is a valid word.
What does initial mean?
noun: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name).
“he refused to put the initials FRS after his name”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
INITIAL: word details
- Pronunciation: ih-NIH-shuhl (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 7 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside initial
Words you can make from the letters of initial.
Solve a whole rack, not just INITIAL
INITIAL is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does INITIAL mean?
INITIAL is a noun. It means: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name).
Is INITIAL a valid word?
Yes, INITIAL is a valid word. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.