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Suboptimal

s ₁u ₁b ₃o ₁p ₃t ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁l ₁

About 4 syllables

10 letters · Uncommon

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

What does suboptimal mean?

We don’t have a definition for suboptimal yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is SUBOPTIMAL a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
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 SUBOPTIMAL worth?

Scrabble

16 pts

s ₁u ₁b ₃o ₁p ₃t ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁l ₁

Words With Friends

21 pts

s ₁u ₂b ₄o ₁p ₄t ₁i ₁m ₄a ₁l ₂

Wordfeud

19 pts

s ₁u ₂b ₄o ₁p ₄t ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁l ₁

NYT Crossplay

19 pts

s ₁u ₂b ₄o ₁p ₃t ₁i ₁m ₃a ₁l ₂

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

Words from the letters in SUBOPTIMAL

Best shorter words top 30 of 830

See all 830 words made from SUBOPTIMAL

Words that end like SUBOPTIMAL

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

minimal animal hexadecimal decimal optimal infinitesimal maximal primal

All words ending in -IMAL

Suboptimal: quick answers

Is SUBOPTIMAL a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. SUBOPTIMAL is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 16 points before board bonuses.

How many points is SUBOPTIMAL worth?

SUBOPTIMAL scores 16 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 19 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in SUBOPTIMAL?

You can make 830 shorter words from SUBOPTIMAL, such as BIOPLASM, APLOMBS, BAMPOTS, BAPTISM. See the full list.