Is PERIPHERAL a word?
PERIPHERAL is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends, has 10 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PERIPHERAL is a valid word.
What does peripheral mean?
noun: electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer.
“disk drives and printers are important peripherals”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PERIPHERAL: word details
- Pronunciation: pur-IH-fur-uhl (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 10 letters, a long word. It is one of 35,784 10-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 19 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 peripheral
Words you can make from the letters of peripheral.
Solve a whole rack, not just PERIPHERAL
PERIPHERAL 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 PERIPHERAL mean?
PERIPHERAL is a noun. It means: electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer.
Is PERIPHERAL a valid word?
Yes, PERIPHERAL is a valid word. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 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.