BAAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BAAL 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 BAAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAAL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
baalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BAAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does BAAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalliterary
A false god or idol, especially one of the many local deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples such as the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
In the Hebrew Bible the word baal was originally simply the Canaanite word for lord or master, and it was applied to many different local gods worshipped for fertility, weather and the harvest. Because these gods were rivals to the worship of the God of Israel, baal became in English a general term of scorn for any false god or idol, not just one specific Canaanite deity. Writers still borrow the word today whenever they want to describe something worshipped in place of what is truly sacred.
How BAAL is used
Chiefly literary and religious, met in translations of the Bible and in writing about ancient Near Eastern religion.
- The prophets condemned every baal set up on the hilltops of the land.
- To the reformer, greed itself had become a baal that the people served.
- Altars to the local baal stood at the edge of the village.
- Ancient farmers prayed to a baal for rain before the planting season.
- The scholar traced how each baal was tied to a particular town or tribe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAAL
The 4 tiles of BAAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAAL
6 longer words begin with BAAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BAAL
Common questions about BAAL
- Is BAAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAAL worth?
- BAAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAAL mean?
- A false god or idol, especially one of the many local deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples such as the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
- What letters can be added to BAAL?
- BAAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BAAL:
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