RHETORICAL

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What RHETORICAL Means

adjective: of or relating to rhetoric“accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested”
adjective: given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought“mere rhetorical frippery”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RHETORICAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 H4 E1 T1 O1 R1 I1 C3 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In RHETORICAL

720 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 (3)

HIEROCRAT RECTORIAL TROCHLEAR

8 letter words (18)

ACROLITH AEROLITH CARRIOLE CHARLIER CHELATOR CHLORATE CHLORITE CHORTLER CLARTIER CLOTHIER HALICORE HEROICAL LORICATE RECTORAL RETAILOR RHETORIC TORCHIER TROCHLEA

7 letter words (58)

6 letter words (121)

5 letter words (182)

ACTOR AIRER AIRTH AITCH ALERT ALTER ALTHO AREIC ARIEL ARIOT ARRET ARTEL ARTIC CARER CARET CARLE CAROL CARTE CATER CEORL CERIA CHAIR CHARE CHARR CHART CHEAT CHELA CHERT CHIAO CHIEL CHILE CHIRL CHIRO CHIRR CHIRT CHOIR CHOLA CHOLI CHORE CHOTA CITAL CITER CLARO CLART CLEAR CLEAT CLOTE CLOTH COATE COATI CORAL CORER CORIA CRARE CRATE CRIER CRITH CRORE EARTH ECLAT ELCHI ERICA ETHAL ETHIC HALER HAOLE HATER HEART HELIO HELOT HILAR HIRER HORAL HOTEL ICHOR ICTAL ILEAC IRATE ITHER LACER LACET LAICH LAITH LARCH LATCH LATER LATHE LATHI LEACH LETCH LIART LICHT LIROT LITER LITHE LITHO LITRE LOACH LOATH LORIC LOTAH LOTIC OATER OCHER OCHRE OCREA OCTAL OILER OLEIC ORACH ORATE ORIEL OTHER RACER RACHE RAILE RATCH RATEL RATER RATHE RATIO REACH REACT REALO RECAL RECIT RECTA RECTI RECTO RELIC RELIT REOIL RETCH RETIA RETRO RICER RICHT ROACH ROATE RORAL RORIC RORIE ROTAL ROTCH TACHE TACHO TALER TAROC TARRE TEACH TELCO TELIA TELIC TELOI TERAI TERRA THALE THALI THECA THEIC THEIR THIOL THIRL THOLE THOLI THRAE THROE TICAL TILER TOILE TOLAR TORAH TORCH TORIC TRACE TRAIL TRIAC TRIAL TRICE TRIER TRIOL TRIOR

4 letter words (209)

3 letter words (99)

ACE ACH ACT AHI AIL AIR AIT ALE ALT ARC ARE ART ATE CAR CAT CEL CHA CHE CHI CIT COL COR COT EAR EAT ECH ECO ELT ERA ERR ETA ETH HAE HAO HAT HER HET HIC HIE HIT HOA HOC HOE HOI HOT ICE ICH IRE ITA LAC LAH LAR LAT LEA LEI LET LIE LIT LOR LOT OAR OAT OCA OCH OIL OLE ORA ORC ORE ORT RAH RAI RAT REC REH REI REO RET RHO RIA RIT ROC ROE ROT TAE TAI TAO TAR TEA TEC TEL THE THO TIC TIE TIL TOC TOE TOR

2 letter words (30)

AE AH AI AL AR AT CH EA EH EL ER ET HA HE HI HO IO IT LA LI LO OE OH OI OR RE TA TE TI TO

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