ARYL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ARYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARYL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARYL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARYL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about ARYL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical group derived from an aromatic ring by removing one hydrogen atom.
Aryl groups, such as phenyl, are common building blocks in organic chemistry and appear throughout compounds like dyes, plastics, and pharmaceuticals. Chemists use the term aryl to distinguish these ring-based groups from straight-chain alkyl groups.
How ARYL is used
Technical chemistry term, rarely used outside scientific writing.
- The reaction attached an aryl group to the main chain.
- Phenyl is the simplest example of an aryl substituent.
- Chemists compared the aryl compound to its alkyl counterpart.
- The dye molecule contained several linked aryl rings.
- An aryl group gave the polymer extra rigidity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARYL
The 4 tiles of ARYL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ARYL
1 longer words begin with ARYL.
Words ending in ARYL
1 words end in ARYL. Useful as a back hook: play ARYL onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARYL inside
7 words contain ARYL in the middle. Words that start with ARYL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARYL
Common questions about ARYL
- Is ARYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARYL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARYL worth?
- ARYL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARYL mean?
- A chemical group derived from an aromatic ring by removing one hydrogen atom.
- What letters can be added to ARYL?
- ARYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARYL:
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