maximal is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

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Meanings

Adjective

Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
(mathematics of a sequence) Larger than any previous term in the sequence.
• In the sequence (1, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6), the fifth term, f(5) = 12, is a maximal term, as each of the first 4 terms are smaller than 12.

Noun (COUNTABLE)

(mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
(mathematics) Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).
(logic) Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula φ, the set contains either φ or ~φ.

maximal is a Scrabble valid word

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• 18 points

maximal is an iScramble valid word

• The word is valid in iScramble ✓
• 28 points

maximal is an QuickWords valid word

• The word is valid in QuickWords ✓
• 28 points

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Same letters words (Anagrams)

• none

Same letters plus one

• MAXIMALS

Same letters minus one

• ALMAMI
• MAXIMA