modal

modal is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.
2. adjective. Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.
3. noun. an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
4. adjective. relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

   "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"

   Synonyms: average

5. adjective. relating to or expressing the mood of a verb

   "modal auxiliary"

6. adjective. of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

Synonyms

average

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in modal:

dolma, domal

Common word forms

modals, modally, modality, modalize

Words from these letters

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