literal

1. Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic: a literal description; a literal mind.

2. Being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words.

3. Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words.

4. Consisting of, using, or expressed by letters: literal notation.

5. Word for word; verbatim: a literal translation.

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1. Computer Science A letter or symbol that stands for itself as opposed to a feature, function, or entity associated with it in a programming language: $ can be a symbol that refers to the end of a line, but as a literal, it is a dollar sign.

2. A small error usually of a single letter (as in writing).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
literal	7	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ai	2
al	2
ar	2
at	2
el	2
er	2
et	2
it	2
la	2
li	2
re	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ail	3
air	3
ait	3
ale	3
all	3
alt	3
are	3
art	3
ate	3
ear	3
eat	3
ell	3
era	3
eta	3
ill	3
ire	3
lar	3
lat	3
lea	3
lei	3
let	3
lie	3
lit	3
rai	3
rat	3
rei	3
ret	3
ria	3
tae	3
tar	3
tea	3
tel	3
tie	3
til	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
airt	4
alit	4
aril	4
earl	4
ilea	4
lair	4
lari	4
late	4
lati	4
leal	4
lear	4
liar	4
lier	4
lilt	4
lira	4
lire	4
lite	4
rail	4
rale	4
rate	4
real	4
rial	4
riel	4
rile	4
rill	4
rite	4
tael	4
tail	4
tale	4
tali	4
tall	4
tare	4
teal	4
tear	4
tela	4
tell	4
tier	4
tile	4
till	4
tire	4
tirl	4
arie	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alert	5
alter	5
ariel	5
artel	5
ileal	5
iller	5
irate	5
later	5
liter	5
litre	5
ratel	5
relit	5
retia	5
rille	5
taler	5
telia	5
terai	5
tiler	5
trail	5
trial	5
trill	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
retail	6
retial	6
rillet	6
tailer	6
taille	6
taller	6
telial	6
tiller	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
literal	7
tallier	7