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Yes. The word literal is a Scrabble US word. The word literal is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is literal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word literal is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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7-letter words (3 found)

LITERAL,TALLIER,TRIELLA,

6-letter words (9 found)

RETAIL,RETIAL,RILLET,TAILER,TAILLE,TALLER,TELIAL,TELLAR,TILLER,

5-letter words (23 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARIEL,ARTEL,ILEAL,ILLER,IRATE,LATER,LIART,LITER,LITRE,RAILE,RATEL,RELIT,RETIA,RILLE,TALER,TELIA,TERAI,TILER,TRAIL,TRIAL,TRILL,

4-letter words (52 found)

AIRT,ALIT,ARET,ARIL,ARLE,ARTI,EARL,ILEA,LAER,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LATE,LATI,LEAL,LEAR,LEAT,LEIR,LIAR,LIER,LILT,LIRA,LIRE,LITE,RAIL,RAIT,RALE,RATE,REAL,RIAL,RIEL,RILE,RILL,RITE,TAEL,TAIL,TALE,TALI,TALL,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TEIL,TELA,TELL,TIAR,TIER,TILE,TILL,TIRE,TIRL,TRIE,

3-letter words (38 found)

AIL,AIR,AIT,ALE,ALL,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ELL,ELT,ERA,ETA,ILL,IRE,ITA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LEI,LET,LIE,LIT,RAI,RAT,REI,RET,RIA,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAR,TEA,TEL,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AI,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,IT,LA,LI,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 142 words from literal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of literal

literal

Alternative forms

  • litteral (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English literal, from Old French literal, from Late Latin litteralis, also literalis (“of or pertaining to letters or to writing”), from Latin littera, litera (“a letter”); see letter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪɾəɹəl/
  • Homophone: littoral

Adjective

literal (comparative more literal, superlative most literal)

  1. Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical, and etymonic rather than idiomatic.
  2. Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties
  3. (theology) (broadly) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given scripture is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it; (specifically) following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation
    • 1998, Kevin Vanhoozer, Is There a Meaning in this Text?, quoted on https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/13136/what-is-the-difference-between-a-literal-and-literalistic-interpretation-of:
      It is most important to distinguish literalistic from literal interpretation. The former generates an unlettered, ultimately illiterate reading—one that is incapable of recognizing less obvious uses of language such as metaphor, satire, and so forth. ... Interpreters err either when they allegorize discourse that is intended to be taken literally or when they "literalize" discourse that is intended to be taken figuratively.
  4. (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet)
  5. (of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact
  6. (proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “exactly as stated”): figurative, metaphorical, nonliteral, illiteral

Hyponyms

  • hyperliteral, overliteral

Derived terms

Related terms

  • letter
  • literacy
  • literary
  • literate
  • literature

Translations

Noun

literal (plural literals)

  2. (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
    Synonym: typo
  3. (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
    Synonym: literal constant
  4. (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp

Translations

See also

  • constant
  • prime formula

References

Further reading

  • “literal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “literal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • tallier

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin litterālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [li.təˈɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [li.teˈɾal]

Adjective

literal m or f (masculine and feminine plural literals)

  1. literal

Derived terms

  • literalment

Related terms

  • lletra

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin litterālis.

Adjective

literal m or f (plural literais)

  1. literal

Derived terms

  • literalmente

Related terms

  • letra

Further reading

  • “literal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌlɪtəˈʁaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

literal (strong nominative masculine singular literaler, comparative literaler, superlative am literalsten)

  1. literate (of cultures, etc., not of individuals)

Declension

See also

  • schreibkundig

Indonesian

Etymology

From English literal, from Old French literal, from Late Latin litteralis, also literalis (“of or pertaining to letters or to writing”), from Latin littera, litera (“a letter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [litəˈral]
  • Hyphenation: li‧tê‧ral

Adjective

literal

  1. literal.
    Synonym: harfiah

Further reading

  • “literal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin litterālis.

Adjective

literal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular literale)

  1. literal (exactly as stated)
  2. literal (relating to or composed of letters)

Descendants

  • English: literal
  • French: littéral

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin litterālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: li‧te‧ral

Adjective

literal m or f (plural literais)

  1. literal (understood exactly as written, without additional interpretation)

Derived terms

  • literalmente

Noun

literal m (plural literais)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (programming) literal (value written in the source code)

Related terms

  • letra
  • letrado
  • literatura

Further reading

  • “literal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French littéral, from Latin litteralis. By surface analysis, literă +‎ -al.

Adjective

literal m or n (feminine singular literală, masculine plural literali, feminine and neuter plural literale)

  1. literal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin litterālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liteˈɾal/ [li.t̪eˈɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ral

Adjective

literal m or f (masculine and feminine plural literales)

  1. literal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish literal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liteˈɾal/, [lɪ.tɛˈɾal]
  • Hyphenation: li‧te‧ral

Adjective

literál (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇᜎ᜔)

  1. literal (exactly as stated)

Derived terms

  • literalin

Related terms

  • literaryo
  • literatura

Source: wiktionary.org