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EMPIRICAL

9 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What EMPIRICAL Means

  1. adjective: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory“an empirical basis for an ethical theory”
  2. adjective: relying on medical quackery“empiric treatment”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EMPIRICAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 M3 P3 I1 R1 I1 C3 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In EMPIRICAL

349 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.

8 letter words (1)

7 letter words (19)

6 letter words (34)

5 letter words (87)

4 letter words (124)

3 letter words (66)

2 letter words (18)

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