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Radicals

r 1a 1d 2i 1c 3a 1l 1s 1

About 3 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Common · plural of radical

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

What does radicals mean?

noun

  1. (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

    Synonymsgroupchemical group

  2. an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

    “in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells”

    Synonymsfree radical

  3. a person who has radical ideas or opinions

  4. (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

  5. a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

  6. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    “thematic vowels are part of the stem”

    Synonymsrootroot wordbasestemtheme

Definitions shown for radical, the base form of radicals.

Is RADICALS 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 RADICALS worth?

Scrabble

11 pts
r 1a 1d 2i 1c 3a 1l 1s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
r 1a 1d 2i 1c 4a 1l 2s 1

Wordfeud

12 pts
r 1a 1d 2i 1c 4a 1l 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

12 pts
r 1a 1d 2i 1c 3a 1l 2s 1

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

Words from the letters in RADICALS

Words that end like RADICALS

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

intervalsterminalscapitalsnumeralsanimalschemicalscriminalshospitalsinternalsproposalspracticalsadmiralsarrivalsarsenalsbifocalsdecimalsfederalsfuneralsgeneralsgenitalsillegalslateralsliberalsliterals
All words ending in -ALS

Radicals: quick answers

Is RADICALS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. RADICALS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 11 points before board bonuses.
How many points is RADICALS worth?
RADICALS scores 11 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 12 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does radicals mean?
radicals is the plural of radical, which means “(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in RADICALS?
You can make 198 shorter words from RADICALS, such as ACARIDS, ASCARID, CARDIAS, RADICAL. See the full list.