What CIVIL Means
- adjective: applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military“civil authorities”
- adjective: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others“even if he didn't like them he should have been civil”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CIVIL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 I1 V4 I1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In CIVIL
1 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
2 letter words (1)
Longer Words Containing CIVIL
CIVIL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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