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Is partial a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word partial is a Scrabble US word. The word partial is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is partial a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word partial is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3A1R1T1I1A1L1

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

P4A1R1T1I1A1L2

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7-letter words (2 found)

PARTIAL,PATRIAL,

6-letter words (5 found)

ATRIAL,LARIAT,LATRIA,PARIAL,PITARA,

5-letter words (22 found)

AARTI,ALTAR,APART,ARTAL,ATRIA,ATRIP,LAARI,LIART,PARTI,PILAR,PLAIT,PRIAL,RAITA,RATAL,RIATA,TAIRA,TALAR,TALPA,TAPIR,TIARA,TRAIL,TRIAL,

4-letter words (45 found)

AIRT,ALAP,ALAR,ALIT,ARIA,ARIL,ARPA,ARTI,ATAP,LAIR,LARI,LATI,LIAR,LIPA,LIRA,PAAL,PAIL,PAIR,PALI,PARA,PART,PIAL,PILA,PIRL,PITA,PLAT,PRAT,RAIA,RAIL,RAIT,RAPT,RATA,RIAL,RIPT,TAAL,TAIL,TALA,TALI,TAPA,TARA,TARP,TIAR,TIRL,TRAP,TRIP,

3-letter words (33 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIR,AIT,ALA,ALP,ALT,APT,ART,ITA,LAP,LAR,LAT,LIP,LIT,PAL,PAR,PAT,PIA,PIR,PIT,RAI,RAP,RAT,RIA,RIP,RIT,TAI,TAP,TAR,TIL,TIP,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AI,AL,AR,AT,IT,LA,LI,PA,PI,TA,TI,

You can make 119 words from partial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of partial

partial

Etymology

From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹʃəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːʃəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
  • Hyphenation: par‧tial

Adjective

partial (comparative more partial, superlative most partial)

  1. existing as a part or portion; incomplete
  2. (computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates
  3. biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute
    Synonym: nonimpartial
    Antonym: impartial
    • 17th century, Alexander Pope, a letter
  4. (followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
    Synonym: fond of
  5. (mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
  6. (botany) subordinate

Synonyms

  • (part): partite, fractional, demi-, semi-

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Translations

Noun

partial (plural partials)

  1. (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
  2. (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
  3. (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
  4. (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
  5. (programming, Internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
  6. (bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
    Synonym: half rep
  7. (furry fandom) A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.

Verb

partial (third-person singular simple present partials, present participle partialing or partialling, simple past and past participle partialed or partialled)

  1. (statistics, transitive) To take the partial regression coefficient.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • patrial

French

Etymology

From Middle French partial, borrowed from Late Latin partiālis (“relating to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”). Doublet of partiel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.sjal/

Adjective

partial (feminine partiale, masculine plural partiaux, feminine plural partiales)

  1. partial, biased

Further reading

  • “partial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org