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PONTIFICAL

10 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PONTIFICAL Means

  1. adjective: proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles“papal dispensation”
  2. adjective: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
  3. noun: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PONTIFICAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 N1 T1 I1 F4 I1 C3 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In PONTIFICAL

366 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.

9 letter words (2)

8 letter words (6)

7 letter words (19)

6 letter words (35)

5 letter words (83)

4 letter words (124)

3 letter words (73)

2 letter words (24)

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