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Is trial a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word trial is a Scrabble US word. The word trial is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is trial a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word trial is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

LIART,TRAIL,TRIAL,

4-letter words (16 found)

AIRT,ALIT,ARIL,ARTI,LAIR,LARI,LATI,LIAR,LIRA,RAIL,RAIT,RIAL,TAIL,TALI,TIAR,TIRL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIL,AIR,AIT,ALT,ART,ITA,LAR,LAT,LIT,RAI,RAT,RIA,RIT,TAI,TAR,TIL,

2-letter words (9 found)

AI,AL,AR,AT,IT,LA,LI,TA,TI,

You can make 44 words from trial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of trial

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Definitions and meaning of trial

trial

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪəl/, [tɹaɪəl]
  • Rhymes: -aɪəl
  • Hyphenation: tri‧al

Etymology 1

From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (to pick out, cull) + -al. More at English try.

Noun

trial (plural trials)

  1. An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
    Synonym: test
    1. The testing of a product or procedure.
      They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
    2. (medicine, sciences, research) A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.
      Synonym: clinical trial
      A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).
    3. An event in which athletes’ or animals’ abilities are tested as they compete for a place on a team, or to move on to the next level of a championship, for example.
      soccer trials; sheepdog trials
    4. (ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
    5. (UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.
    6. (archaic) An occasion on which armies or individuals meet in combat.
  2. A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
    Synonym: court case
    • 2020, Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown, New York: Pantheon, Act VI,
      Your Honor, we object to all of this. The whole thing. This mock trial. The entire justice system is rigged against my client.
  3. A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
  4. (archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)
    Synonyms: attempt, try
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Adjective

trial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a trial or test.
  2. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
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Verb

trial (third-person singular simple present trials, present participle (UK) trialling or (US) trialing, simple past and past participle (UK) trialled or (US) trialed)

  1. (transitive) To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
  2. (transitive) To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
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Etymology 2

From Latin tri- (stem of trēs (three)) + -al, on the pattern of dual.

Adjective

trial (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
  2. Triple.
  3. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)
    Coordinate terms: singular, dual, plural
    No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.
Derived terms
  • triality
Translations

Noun

trial (plural trials)

  1. (grammar) The trial number.

See also

  • (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, quintal, paucal, plural (Category: en:Grammar)

Anagrams

  • TRALI, Trail, irtal, litra, trail

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English trial.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tri‧al

Noun

trial m (plural trials, diminutive trialtje n)

  1. Cross with small but sturdy and very versatile motorcycles, cars or bicycles

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trial.

Noun

trial m (invariable)

  1. (sports) trials (motorcycle etc.)

Anagrams

  • altri, latri, tarli

Old French

Etymology

trier (to try such as in a court of law) +‎ -al.

Noun

trial oblique singularm (oblique plural triaus or triax or trials, nominative singular triaus or triax or trials, nominative plural trial)

  1. trial (legal procedure)

Usage notes

  • due to lack of attestation, the precise meaning is uncertain

Descendants

  • English: trial

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (trial)
  • trial on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Source: wiktionary.org