BENTHAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BENTHAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENTHAL?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BENTHAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENTHAL
No single letter turns BENTHAL into another word.
How BENTHAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BENTHAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does BENTHAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the bottom of a sea or lake, or to the creatures living there.
Benthal is a scientific term used by ecologists describing the deepest zone of a body of water. It is a close relative of benthic, which is the form most readers will meet more often.
How BENTHAL is used
Used in marine and lake science to describe the bottom region and what lives on it.
- The team sampled the benthal zone of the deep lake.
- Benthal communities depend on food that sinks from above.
- A benthal survey revealed several unknown worm species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENTHAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BENTHAL
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Common questions about BENTHAL
- Is BENTHAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENTHAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENTHAL worth?
- BENTHAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENTHAL mean?
- Relating to the bottom of a sea or lake, or to the creatures living there.
- What letters can be added to BENTHAL?
- No single letter can be added to BENTHAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BENTHAL:
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