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Is beneficial a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word beneficial is a Scrabble US word. The word beneficial is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is beneficial a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word beneficial is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Is beneficial a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word beneficial is a Words With Friends word. The word beneficial is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

BENEFICIAL,

8-letter words (2 found)

FENCIBLE,FINEABLE,

7-letter words (7 found)

ALBINIC,BENEFIC,FAIENCE,FELICIA,FIANCEE,FINABLE,FINICAL,

6-letter words (23 found)

ANCILE,BAILEE,BAILIE,BALEEN,BEANIE,BEFLEA,BELACE,BELIEF,BIFACE,BILIAN,ELANCE,ENABLE,ENFACE,ENLACE,FACILE,FAIBLE,FECIAL,FELINE,FIANCE,FICAIN,FINALE,FINIAL,INLACE,

5-letter words (47 found)

ABCEE,ABELE,ACINI,AINEE,ALBEE,ALIBI,ALIEN,ALINE,ANCLE,ANELE,ANILE,BELIE,BIALI,BINAL,BLAIN,BLINI,CABIN,CABLE,CALIF,CEIBA,CEILI,CELEB,CILIA,CLEAN,CLINE,ELAIN,ELFIN,ENIAC,FABLE,FAINE,FECAL,FENCE,FICIN,FINAL,FINCA,FLANE,ILEAC,ILIAC,INCEL,INCLE,LANCE,LEBEN,LIANE,LINAC,NEAFE,NEBEL,NIECE,

4-letter words (84 found)

ABLE,ACNE,AINE,ALBE,ALEC,ALEE,ALEF,ALIF,ANCE,ANIL,BAEL,BAIL,BALE,BANC,BANE,BANI,BEAL,BEAN,BEEF,BEEN,BEIN,BENE,BENI,BICE,BIEN,BILE,BINE,BLAE,BLEE,BLIN,CAFE,CAIN,CALF,CANE,CEIL,CIEL,CINE,CLAN,CLEF,EALE,EINA,EINE,ELAN,FACE,FAIL,FAIN,FANE,FEAL,FEEB,FEEL,FEEN,FENI,FICE,FILA,FILE,FINE,FINI,FLAB,FLAN,FLEA,FLEE,FLIC,ILEA,ILIA,INIA,LACE,LAIC,LAIN,LANE,LEAF,LEAN,LICE,LIEF,LIEN,LIFE,LINE,NABE,NAIF,NAIL,NEAL,NEIF,NICE,NIEF,NIFE,

3-letter words (53 found)

ACE,AIL,AIN,ALB,ALE,ALF,ANE,ANI,BAC,BAE,BAL,BAN,BEE,BEL,BEN,BIN,CAB,CAF,CAL,CAN,CEE,CEL,EAN,EEL,EEN,ELF,ENE,FAB,FAE,FAN,FEE,FEN,FIB,FIE,FIL,FIN,ICE,LAB,LAC,LEA,LEE,LEI,LIB,LIE,LIN,NAB,NAE,NEB,NEE,NEF,NIB,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (21 found)

AB,AE,AI,AL,AN,BA,BE,BI,EA,EE,EF,EL,EN,FA,FE,IF,IN,LA,LI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 239 words from beneficial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of beneficial

beneficial

Etymology

From Late Latin beneficiālis (“beneficial”), from Latin beneficium (“benefit, favor, kindness”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bĕnəfĭsh'əl, IPA(key): /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Adjective

beneficial (comparative more beneficial, superlative most beneficial)

  1. Helpful or good to something or someone.
  2. Relating to a benefice.

Synonyms

  • (helpful or good): advantageous, behooveful (archaic), helpful, useful
  • (relating to a benefice): usufructuary, usufructuous

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "doing harm to someone"): detrimental, maleficial, nocuous, damaging, harmful
  • (antonym(s) of "doing neither good nor harm"): innocuous, undamaging, harmless

Derived terms

  • beneficialness
  • beneficial insect
  • beneficial owner

Translations

Noun

beneficial (plural beneficials)

  1. Something that provides a benefit.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin beneficiālis

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.nə.fi.siˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [be.ne.fi.siˈal]

Adjective

beneficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural beneficials)

  1. (relational) of a benefice

Related terms

  • benefici
  • beneficiar

Further reading

  • “beneficial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Source: wiktionary.org