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Yes. The word verbal is a Scrabble US word. The word verbal is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

VERBAL,

5-letter words (10 found)

ABLER,BALER,BELAR,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,BRAVE,LAVER,RAVEL,VELAR,

4-letter words (28 found)

ABER,ABLE,ALBE,ARLE,AVEL,AVER,BAEL,BALE,BARE,BEAL,BEAR,BLAE,BRAE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LAVE,LEAR,LEVA,RALE,RAVE,REAL,VALE,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VERA,VERB,

3-letter words (22 found)

ALB,ALE,ARB,ARE,AVE,BAE,BAL,BAR,BEL,BRA,EAR,ERA,LAB,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEV,RAV,REB,REV,VAE,VAR,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AE,AL,AR,BA,BE,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 73 words from verbal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of verbal

verbal

Etymology

From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜː.bəl/, [ˈvɜː.bɫ̩], enPR: vûrʹ-bəl
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɝ.bəl/, [ˈvɜ˞.bɫ̩], enPR: vûrʹ-bəl
  • Hyphenation: ver‧bal
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl

Adjective

verbal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to words.
    Synonym: wordish
  2. Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
    Antonym: substantive
  3. Consisting of words only.
  4. Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
  5. (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
    Synonym: rhematic
  6. (grammar) Used to form a verb.
  7. Capable of speech.
    Antonyms: preverbal, non-verbal
  8. Word for word.
    Synonyms: literal, verbatim
  9. (obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.

Synonyms

  • (of or relating to speech or words): lectic

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "expressly spoken or written"): implied
  • (antonym(s) of "expressly stated"): unsaid

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

verbal (countable and uncountable, plural verbals)

  2. (countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
    Synonym: non-finite verb
  3. (countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.
  4. (uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.

Translations

Verb

verbal (third-person singular simple present verbals, present participle verballing, simple past and past participle verballed)

  1. (transitive, British, Australia) To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.

Anagrams

  • Varble, Vrabel

Aragonese

Etymology

By surface analysis, verbo (“verb”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɾˈbal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal (plural verbals)

  1. (grammar) verbal (relating to verbs)
    Synonym: verballo

References

  • “verbal”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin verbālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bərˈbal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [vərˈbal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [veɾˈbal]

Adjective

verbal m or f (masculine and feminine plural verbals)

  1. verbal (of or relating to words)
  2. verbal (spoken rather than written)
  3. (grammar) verbal (relating to verbs)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • verb

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verbālis. By surface analysis, verbe +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.bal/
  • Homophones: verbale, verbales

Adjective

verbal (feminine verbale, masculine plural verbaux, feminine plural verbales)

  1. verbal

Derived terms

  • cadrage verbal
  • diarrhée verbale
  • locution verbale
  • temps verbal

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

verbal (strong nominative masculine singular verbaler, not comparable)

  1. verbal
    Synonym: mündlich

Declension

Further reading

  • “verbal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “verbal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch verbaal, from Middle French verbal, from Latin verbālis. Doublet of perbal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vərˈbal]
  • Hyphenation: vêr‧bal

Adjective

verbal or vêrbal

  1. verbal
    1. expressly spoken rather than written; oral
    2. (linguistics) pertaining to verbs

Further reading

  • “verbal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin verbālis. By surface analysis, verbo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal m or f (plural verbais)

  1. verbal, oral
  2. (grammar) verbal (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)

Derived terms

  • verbalmente

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French verbal, from Latin verbalis.

Adjective

verbal m or n (feminine singular verbală, masculine plural verbali, feminine and neuter plural verbale)

  1. verbal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verbālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɾˈbal/ [beɾˈβ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal m or f (masculine and feminine plural verbales)

  1. verbal (of or relating to words)
  2. verbal (spoken rather than written)
  3. (grammar) verbal (relating to verbs)

Derived terms

Noun

verbal m (plural verbales)

  1. (grammar) verbal

Related terms

Further reading

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

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