official
/ə'fɪʃəl/
adjectivenoun
8 letters3 syllables16 points in Scrabble®18 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
ADJECTIVE
1
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline.
2
Having official authority or sanction.
“official permission”
“an official representative”
3
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution.
4
NOUNVerified officially.
“the election returns are now official”
1
A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
2
OTHERSomeone who administers the rules of a game or sport.
“the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling”
1
Of or relating to an office.
“official privileges”
WORD FORMS
Related formoffice
Related formofficialdom
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®16 points
Words With Friends®18 points
Double word32 points
Triple word48 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinofficialway
Starts & ends withO … L
Syllablesof · fi · cial
SYNONYMS & RELATED17
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