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.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 6 SENSES
1

Represented in simplified or symbolic form.

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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