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

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Yes. The word pessimal is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

PESSIMAL,

7-letter words (17 found)

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6-letter words (52 found)

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5-letter words (108 found)

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4-letter words (118 found)

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3-letter words (60 found)

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2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AI,AL,AM,AS,EA,EL,EM,ES,IS,LA,LI,MA,ME,MI,PA,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 376 words from pessimal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pessimal

pessimal

Etymology

From Latin pessimus (“worst”) +‎ -al, modeled on optimal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.sɪ.məl/, /ˈpɛ.sə.məl/
  • Hyphenation: pes‧si‧mal

Adjective

pessimal (not comparable)

  1. Bad to a maximal extent; worst.

Quotations

  • Bollobas, Bela. Modern Graph Theory. 1998.
    "Optimal and Pessimal Orderings of Steiner Triple Systems in Disk Arrays" [1]
  • Ordeshook, Peter C; Rose, Gregory F; Niou, Emerson M. The balance of power: Stability in international systems. 1989.
    "Calculated in this way, a security value represents a pessimal view of possibilities." [2]
  • Sethi, Suresh P. Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics. 2019
    "…the limiting solution is a pessimal solution because the value of the objective function associated with it is zero." [3]

Antonyms

  • optimal
  • best
  • ideal

Related terms

Anagrams

  • plasmise, simple as

Source: wiktionary.org