Scrabble & Words with friends points
- essential is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- essential is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- essential is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of essential
- anything indispensable (noun)
Examples
- the essentials of the good life
Synonyms
- necessary
- necessity
- requirement
- requisite
- of the greatest importance (adjective)
Synonyms
- all-important
- all important
- crucial
- of the essence
- absolutely necessary; vitally necessary (adjective)
Examples
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
Synonyms
- indispensable
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established (adjective)
Synonyms
- substantive
- basic and fundamental (adjective)
Examples
- the essential feature
- being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc ()
Examples
- essential oil
See definition of essential in Merriam Webster