ARGAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ARGAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARGAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARGAL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARGAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does ARGAL mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaichumorous
Therefore, or so it follows — a dialectal, mock-Latin stand-in for ergo, used to introduce a conclusion that often sounds more logical than it is.
Argal survives in English mainly because of one famous scene, the gravediggers in Shakespeare's Hamlet, who use the word while reasoning their way, none too logically, toward a verdict about a death. The form represents an uneducated or rustic mispronunciation of the Latin ergo, meaning therefore, and dictionaries still label it dialectal for that reason. Writers who want a character to sound like a self-important amateur logician sometimes borrow argal for exactly that comic effect, letting the word signal reasoning that only sounds solid. Some older dictionaries also list argal as an alternate spelling of argol, the crust that forms inside wine casks, though that sense is far rarer than the ergo sense.
How ARGAL is used
Rare outside quotation of, or deliberate imitation of, the Hamlet gravedigger scene; signals a conclusion, often one that sounds more logical than it is.
- Argal, said the old clerk, the whole matter is settled.
- He used argal the way a lawyer might use therefore, but with far less justification.
- The actor delivered argal with the same dry humor as the original gravedigger.
- Argal, if the fence is broken, someone must have broken it, he announced grandly.
- The essay borrowed argal from Hamlet to poke fun at pompous reasoning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARGAL
The 5 tiles of ARGAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARGAL
5 longer words begin with ARGAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGAL
Common questions about ARGAL
- Is ARGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGAL worth?
- ARGAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGAL mean?
- Therefore, or so it follows — a dialectal, mock-Latin stand-in for ergo, used to introduce a conclusion that often sounds more logical than it is.
- What letters can be added to ARGAL?
- ARGAL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARGAL:
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