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Is polemical a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word polemical is a Scrabble US word. The word polemical is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is polemical a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word polemical is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

P3O1L1E1M3I1C3A1L1

Is polemical a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word polemical is a Words With Friends word. The word polemical is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

POLEMICAL,

8-letter words (1 found)

CALLIOPE,

7-letter words (6 found)

CALOMEL,COMPILE,LIMACEL,MICELLA,OILCAMP,POLEMIC,

6-letter words (25 found)

ALLICE,CAILLE,CALLOP,CAMPLE,COLLIE,COMPEL,COPALM,ECOMAP,EPICAL,IMPALE,LEIPOA,LIPOMA,LOCALE,MALEIC,MALICE,MALLEI,MICELL,MOLLIE,OCELLI,PALMIE,PLAICE,PLICAE,PLICAL,POLICE,POMACE,

5-letter words (55 found)

AMICE,AMOLE,AMPLE,APIOL,CAMEL,CAMEO,CAMPI,CAMPO,CAPLE,CELLA,CELLI,CELLO,CELOM,CLAIM,CLAME,CLAMP,CLIME,CLIPE,CLOAM,CLOMP,COMAE,COMAL,COPAL,EMAIL,ILEAC,ILEAL,IMPEL,LAPEL,LILAC,LIMPA,LOCAL,LOCIE,LOIPE,MACLE,MAILE,MAILL,MALIC,MAPLE,MELIC,MILLE,MILPA,MOILE,MOLAL,MOLLA,OLEIC,OLLIE,OLPAE,PAOLI,PELMA,PICAL,PILAE,PILAO,PILEA,PLACE,PLICA,

4-letter words (109 found)

ACME,ALCO,ALEC,ALME,ALOE,AMIE,CALL,CALM,CALO,CALP,CAME,CAMI,CAMO,CAMP,CAPE,CAPI,CAPO,CEIL,CELL,CIAO,CIEL,CILL,CLAM,CLAP,CLEM,CLIP,CLOP,COAL,COIL,COLA,COLE,COLL,COMA,COME,COMP,COPE,EMIC,EPIC,ILEA,LACE,LAIC,LAME,LAMP,LEAL,LEAM,LEAP,LICE,LILO,LIMA,LIME,LIMO,LIMP,LIPA,LIPE,LIPO,LOAM,LOCA,LOCI,LOMA,LOME,LOPE,MACE,MAIL,MALE,MALI,MALL,MEAL,MELA,MELL,MICA,MICE,MICO,MILE,MILL,MILO,MOAI,MOIL,MOLA,MOLE,MOLL,MOPE,OLEA,OLLA,OLPE,OPAL,PACE,PACO,PAIL,PALE,PALI,PALL,PALM,PEAL,PELA,PELL,PIAL,PICA,PICE,PILA,PILE,PILL,PIMA,PLEA,PLIE,PLIM,POEM,POLE,POLL,POME,

3-letter words (67 found)

ACE,AIL,AIM,ALE,ALL,ALP,AME,AMI,AMP,APE,APO,CAL,CAM,CAP,CEL,CEP,COL,COP,ECO,ELL,ELM,EMO,ICE,ILL,IMP,LAC,LAM,LAP,LEA,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIP,LOP,MAC,MAE,MAL,MAP,MEL,MIC,MIL,MOA,MOC,MOE,MOI,MOL,MOP,OCA,OIL,OLE,OLM,OMA,OPA,OPE,PAC,PAL,PAM,PEA,PEC,PEL,PIA,PIC,PIE,POA,POI,POL,POM,

2-letter words (23 found)

AE,AI,AL,AM,EA,EL,EM,IO,LA,LI,LO,MA,ME,MI,MO,OE,OI,OM,OP,PA,PE,PI,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 288 words from polemical according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of polemical

polemical

Alternative forms

  • polemicall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈlɛmɪkəl/

Adjective

polemical (comparative more polemical, superlative most polemical)

  1. Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
    1. Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively.
    2. (somewhat derogatory) Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.
      • 2021, Carson Holloway, Dobbs and Democratic Legitimacy, in: Law and Liberty, December 21 2021
        If democratic legitimacy is a principle—and not just a polemical weapon wielded by the left in a selective and self-serving way—then we would have to consider not only the democratic legitimacy of a potential reversal of Roe but also the democratic legitimacy (if any) of the constitutional right to abortion itself.

Translations

Noun

polemical (plural polemicals)

  1. A diatribe or polemic.

Further reading

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

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