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Yes. The word especial is a Scrabble US word. The word especial is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is especial a Scrabble UK word?

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8-letter words (2 found)

CALIPEES,ESPECIAL,

7-letter words (4 found)

CALIPEE,ECLIPSE,PLAICES,SPECIAL,

6-letter words (27 found)

APICES,APIECE,ASLEEP,CAPLES,CLEEPS,CLEPES,CLIPES,ELAPSE,EPICAL,ESCAPE,ESPIAL,LAESIE,LAIPSE,LIPASE,PEACES,PIECES,PILEAS,PLACES,PLAICE,PLEASE,PLICAE,PLICAS,SAPELE,SIECLE,SPECIE,SPICAE,SPLICE,

5-letter words (83 found)

AISLE,ALECS,ASPIC,ASPIE,CAESE,CALPS,CAPES,CAPLE,CEASE,CEILS,CEPES,CIELS,CLAES,CLAPS,CLASP,CLEEP,CLEPE,CLIES,CLIPE,CLIPS,EALES,EASEL,EASLE,EISEL,EPICS,ESILE,ILEAC,LACES,LAICS,LAPIS,LAPSE,LEAPS,LEASE,LEEPS,LIPAS,LIPES,PACES,PAILS,PAISE,PALES,PALIS,PEACE,PEALS,PEASE,PEELS,PEISE,PELAS,PELES,PICAL,PICAS,PIECE,PILAE,PILEA,PILES,PLACE,PLEAS,PLICA,PLIES,SAICE,SALEP,SALIC,SCAIL,SCALE,SCALP,SCAPE,SCAPI,SEPAL,SEPIA,SEPIC,SLEEP,SLICE,SLIPE,SPACE,SPAIL,SPALE,SPEAL,SPEEL,SPEIL,SPIAL,SPICA,SPICE,SPIEL,SPILE,

4-letter words (99 found)

ACES,AESC,AILS,ALEC,ALEE,ALES,ALPS,APES,APSE,ASCI,CALP,CALS,CAPE,CAPI,CAPS,CASE,CEAS,CEES,CEIL,CELS,CEPE,CEPS,CIEL,CLAP,CLIP,EALE,EASE,EELS,ELSE,EPIC,ICES,ILEA,ISLE,LACE,LACS,LAIC,LAPS,LASE,LEAP,LEAS,LEEP,LEES,LEIS,LEPS,LIAS,LICE,LIES,LIPA,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,PACE,PACS,PAIL,PAIS,PALE,PALI,PALS,PASE,PEAL,PEAS,PECS,PEEL,PEES,PELA,PELE,PELS,PIAL,PIAS,PICA,PICE,PICS,PIES,PILA,PILE,PISE,PLEA,PLIE,SAIC,SAIL,SALE,SALP,SEAL,SEEL,SEEP,SEIL,SELE,SIAL,SICE,SILE,SIPE,SLAE,SLAP,SLEE,SLIP,SPAE,SPEC,SPIC,SPIE,

3-letter words (55 found)

ACE,AIL,AIS,ALE,ALP,ALS,APE,ASP,CAL,CAP,CEE,CEL,CEP,CIS,EAS,EEL,ELS,ICE,LAC,LAP,LAS,LEA,LEE,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIP,LIS,PAC,PAL,PAS,PEA,PEC,PEE,PEL,PES,PIA,PIC,PIE,PIS,PSI,SAC,SAE,SAI,SAL,SAP,SEA,SEC,SEE,SEI,SEL,SIC,SIP,SPA,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AI,AL,AS,EA,EE,EL,ES,IS,LA,LI,PA,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 286 words from especial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of especial

especial

Alternative forms

  • especiall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English especial, via Old French especial, from Latin specialis, from species (“appearance, form, beauty”), from specere (“to look”). Doublet of special. Related to species.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛsˈpɛʃəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃəl
  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧cial

Adjective

especial (comparative more especial, superlative most especial)

  1. Exceptional in importance or significance; special.
  2. Particular.

Usage notes

Especial is far less common than special, but they are not exact synonyms. Especial typically encompasses special, but also connotes some quality of being particular, separate, or chosen from among others.

Derived terms

  • especially
  • in especial

Related terms

  • special

Translations

Anagrams

  • Speciale, calipees

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speciālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pə.siˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [es.pe.siˈal]

Adjective

especial m or f (masculine and feminine plural especials)

  1. special

Derived terms

Related terms

  • especialitat

Further reading

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

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • especiau (Gascony, Limousin, Provençal)

Etymology

From Latin speciālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

especial m (feminine singular especiala, masculine plural especials, feminine plural especialas)

  1. special

Derived terms

Related terms

  • especialitat

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 117.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin speciālis.

Adjective

especial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular especiale)

  1. special
  2. powerful; mighty

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speciālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ci‧al

Adjective

especial m or f (plural especiais)

  1. special
  2. (euphemistic) disabled (having some physical disability)

Derived terms

  • especialidade
  • especialmente

Further reading

  • “especial” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “especial” in Dicionário inFormal.
  • “especial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  • “especial” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “especial” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “especial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speciālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /espeˈθjal/ [es.peˈθjal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /espeˈsjal/ [es.peˈsjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: es‧pe‧cial

Adjective

especial m or f (masculine and feminine plural especiales)

  1. special (distinguished by a unique quality)
  2. special (of particular interest or value)

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

especial m (plural especiales)

  1. (television) special

Further reading

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

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