What CARDINAL Means
- noun: (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
- noun: the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
- adjective: serving as an essential component“a cardinal rule”
- adjective: being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order“cardinal numbers”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CARDINAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 R1 D2 I1 N1 A1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In CARDINAL
157 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (17)
ACARIDACINARALDRINARNICACANARDCARDANCARDIACARINACARLINCARNALCRANIACRINALNARIALRACIALRADIALRADIANRANCID
5 letter words (30)
ACARIACRIDALANDALCIDCAIRDCAIRNCALIDCANALCANIDCARDICNIDACRAALDARICDINARDRAILDRAINLAARILAIRDLANAILIANALIARDLIDARLINACNADIRNAIADNAIRANARICNICADNIDALRANID
4 letter words (58)
ACAIACIDAIDAAIRNALANALARANILARIAARIDARILARNACADICAIDCAINCARDCARLCARNCIRLCLADCLANCRANCRIADAALDALIDARIDARNDIALDIRLDRACLAICLAIDLAINLAIRLANALANDLARDLARILARNLIARLINDLIRANADANAILNALANARCNARDNIRLRACARAIARAIDRAILRAINRANARANDRANIRIADRIALRIND
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (13)
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