actually
ADVERB
/ækʧuəli/
8 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
actually is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1C3T1U1A1L1L1Y4
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does actually mean?
ADVERB · 2 SENSES
1
In actual fact.
“to be nominally but not actually independent”
“no one actually saw the shark”
SYNONYMS
2
Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly.
“you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out”
“she actually spoke Latin”
SYNONYMS