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Is casual a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word casual is a Scrabble US word. The word casual is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is casual a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word casual is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3A1S1U1A1L1

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Yes. The word casual is a Words With Friends word. The word casual is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

CASUAL,CAUSAL,

5-letter words (4 found)

AULAS,CAULS,CAUSA,SCALA,

4-letter words (12 found)

AALS,ALAS,ALUS,AUAS,AULA,CAAS,CALS,CASA,CAUL,LACS,SAUL,SCUL,

3-letter words (13 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,ALU,AUA,CAA,CAL,LAC,LAS,SAC,SAL,SAU,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AL,AS,LA,US,

You can make 36 words from casual according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of casual

casual

Alternative forms

  • casuall (obsolete)
  • (shortening, informal) cazh

Etymology

From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/, /ˈkaʒjuːəl/, /ˈkazjuːəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, /ˈkæʒwəl/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɛʒ(ʉː)əl/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /-uːæl/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧su‧al, cas‧ual, casu‧al

Adjective

casual (comparative more casual, superlative most casual)

  1. Happening by chance.
  2. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
  3. Employed irregularly.
  4. Careless.
  5. Happening or coming to pass without design.
  7. (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
  9. (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
    Hyponym: business casual

Synonyms

  • (happening by chance): accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, random; see also Thesaurus:accidental
  • (happening or coming to pass without design): unexpected
  • (relaxed; everyday use): informal

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "happening by chance"): inevitable, necessary
  • (antonym(s) of "happening or coming to pass without design"): expected, scheduled
  • (antonym(s) of "relaxed; everyday use"): ceremonial, formal

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

casual (plural casuals)

  1. (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
  2. A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
  4. (UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
    Synonyms: dresser, (Manchester) Perry boy
  5. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
  6. (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
  7. (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
    • 1972, Lee C. Garrison, "The Needs of Motion Picture Audiences", California Management Review, Volume 15, Issue 2, Winter 1972, page 149:
      Casuals outnumbered regulars in the art-house audience two to one.
  8. (British, dated) A tramp.
  9. (in the plural) Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.

Translations

Related terms

  • casualty
  • case

References

  • “casual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Calusa, casula, causal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāsuālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.zuˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ka.zuˈal]

Adjective

casual m or f (masculine and feminine plural casuals)

  1. casual
  2. unplanned

Derived terms

  • casualitat
  • casualment

Further reading

  • “casual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “casual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “casual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “casual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāsuālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ca‧su‧al

Adjective

casual m or f (plural casuais)

  1. casual (happening by chance)
    Synonym: fortuito
  2. casual (coming without regularity)
    Synonym: ocasional
  3. casual (designed for informal or everyday use)

Derived terms

  • casualmente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cāsuālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈswal/ [kaˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ca‧sual

Adjective

casual m or f (masculine and feminine plural casuales)

  1. casual
  2. accidental
  3. coincidental, chance

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: kaswal

Further reading

  • “casual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org