Definition of puritanical

"puritanical" in the adjective sense

1. puritanical

of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

2. priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

exaggeratedly proper

"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

3. blue, puritanic, puritanical

morally rigorous and strict

"puritanic distaste for alcohol"

"she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"

"blue laws"

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puritanical in Scrabble®

The word puritanical is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters puritanical:

PURITANICAL
(144)
PURITANICAL
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (30 words)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In puritanical

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(96)
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puritanical in Words With Friends™

The word puritanical is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters puritanical:

PURITANICAL
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (30 words)

alicant, anaptic, aplitic, caltrap, cantrap, cantrip, canular, capital, captain, carinal, clipart, cranial, culprit, curtail, curtain, lacinia, lunaria, lunatic, natural, nautica, nuptial, partial, patrial, pintail, plantar, puritan, tailpin, tilapia, truncal, unclipt

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word puritanical

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In puritanical

PURITANICAL
(234)
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(216)
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(216)
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(132)
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puritanical + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence puritanical

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