ARGALA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ARGALA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARGALA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARGALA is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGALA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
argalasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARGALA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARGALA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 197,099.
What stands out about ARGALA
- ARGALA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARGALA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large Indian wading bird, the greater adjutant, recognized by its bald head and its habit of scavenging near towns and rivers.
Argala comes from Hindi and names the greater adjutant, a tall stork with a heavy bill and a bare, wrinkled head and neck adapted for feeding on carrion. The bird was once a familiar scavenger in Indian towns, cleaning up refuse much as vultures do, though its numbers have fallen sharply as wetlands have been drained and towns modernized. Naturalists and older travel writing use argala for the bird more often than the everyday name adjutant stork, which describes the same species.
How ARGALA is used
A specialist zoological term met chiefly in ornithology and older accounts of South Asian wildlife.
- The naturalist's journal records an argala wading through the marsh.
- Villagers once welcomed the argala for clearing away carrion.
- The museum's stuffed argala stands nearly as tall as a man.
- Conservationists now count only a few thousand argala left in the wild.
- Early travelers described the argala's bare head with some disgust.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGALA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARGALA
1 longer words begin with ARGALA.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGALA
Common questions about ARGALA
- Is ARGALA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGALA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGALA worth?
- ARGALA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGALA mean?
- A large Indian wading bird, the greater adjutant, recognized by its bald head and its habit of scavenging near towns and rivers.
- What letters can be added to ARGALA?
- ARGALA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARGALA:
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