BIALI is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BIALI 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 BIALI?
| 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 BIALI is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIALI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bialisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIALI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIALI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does BIALI mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A soft, flat bread roll with a browned-onion filled depression in the centre instead of a hole, associated with Jewish bakeries in New York and named after the Polish city of Bialystok.
Unlike a bagel, a biali is baked rather than boiled first, and it has an indentation filled with chopped onion and sometimes poppy seed rather than a hole through the middle. Jewish immigrants from the Bialystok region of Poland brought the roll to New York in the early twentieth century, and it has remained largely a regional specialty there ever since, unlike the bagel, which spread nationwide. Bakers typically serve a biali warm, split and toasted, often no more than lightly buttered, so that the softened onion in the centre stays the main point of interest.
How BIALI is used
Chiefly known in North American, especially New York, Jewish bakery culture, and rarely met outside that context.
- He picked up a warm biali on his way to work.
- The bakery still makes biali by hand every morning.
- A biali is softer and chewier than a typical bagel.
- She split the biali and toasted both halves.
- Onion baked into the centre gives a biali its distinctive smell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIALI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIALI
The 5 tiles of BIALI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BIALI
2 longer words begin with BIALI.
Words with BIALI inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain BIALI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BIALI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIALI
Common questions about BIALI
- Is BIALI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIALI, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIALI worth?
- BIALI is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIALI mean?
- A soft, flat bread roll with a browned-onion filled depression in the centre instead of a hole, associated with Jewish bakeries in New York and named after the Polish city of Bialystok.
- What letters can be added to BIALI?
- BIALI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIALI:
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