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Orthogonal

o 1r 1t 1h 4o 1g 2o 1n 1a 1l 1

About 4 syllables

adjective · 10 letters · Common

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does orthogonal mean?

adjective

  1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration

    “an issue extraneous to the debate”

    Synonymsextraneousimmaterialimpertinent

  2. statistically unrelated

  3. having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles

    “wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes”

    Synonymsrectangular

Is ORTHOGONAL a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is ORTHOGONAL worth?

Scrabble

14 pts
o 1r 1t 1h 4o 1g 2o 1n 1a 1l 1

Words With Friends

16 pts
o 1r 1t 1h 3o 1g 3o 1n 2a 1l 2

Wordfeud

15 pts
o 1r 1t 1h 4o 1g 3o 1n 1a 1l 1

NYT Crossplay

16 pts
o 1r 1t 1h 3o 1g 4o 1n 1a 1l 2

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in ORTHOGONAL

Words that end like ORTHOGONAL

Common words that share the ending -ONAL, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

impersonaldiagonalpentagonalhexagonaloctagonalpersonalseasonaltonal
All words ending in -ONAL

Orthogonal: quick answers

Is ORTHOGONAL a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. ORTHOGONAL is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 14 points before board bonuses.
How many points is ORTHOGONAL worth?
ORTHOGONAL scores 14 points in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends, 15 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does orthogonal mean?
As an adjective, orthogonal means “not pertinent to the matter under consideration”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in ORTHOGONAL?
You can make 242 shorter words from ORTHOGONAL, such as AGOROTH, ALTHORN, THRANG, THRONG. See the full list.