formal
NOUNADJECTIVE
/fɔrmæl/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH F
formal is a valid 6-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4O1R1M3A1L1
4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does formal mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A lavish dance requiring formal attire.
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2
A gown for evening wear.
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BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 6 SENSES
1
Represented in simplified or symbolic form.
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2
Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court.
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3
Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress).
“pay one's formal respects”
“formal dress”
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4
Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority.
“formal duties”
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5
Logically deductive.
“formal proof”
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6
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms.
“the paper was written in formal English”
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