BORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BORAL 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 BORAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BORAL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BORAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BORAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about BORAL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 BORAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard, artificial abrasive material made chiefly of boron carbide bonded with aluminum, used as a substitute for natural abrasives in grinding and polishing.
Boral was developed as a manufactured alternative to natural abrasive minerals, combining boron carbide, one of the hardest substances produced industrially, with aluminum to bind it into a usable form for grinding wheels and polishing compounds. Although the name began as a trademark for this particular material, it has since been used in general reference works as a common term for the substance itself rather than for any single manufacturer's product. The word appears mainly in older chemistry and materials science writing rather than in everyday speech.
How BORAL is used
A specialist materials-science term for a synthetic abrasive, rarely encountered outside technical writing.
- The workshop used a grinding wheel made with boral instead of natural corundum.
- Boral proved harder and more durable than many earlier abrasives.
- The manual listed boral among the synthetic materials suited to fine polishing.
- Engineers chose boral for tools that needed to withstand constant friction.
- Older materials catalogs describe boral as a mixture of boron carbide and aluminum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BORAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BORAL
The 5 tiles of BORAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BORAL
1 longer words begin with BORAL.
Words ending in BORAL
2 words end in BORAL. Useful as a back hook: play BORAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with BORAL inside
1 words contain BORAL in the middle. Words that start with BORAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BORAL
Common questions about BORAL
- Is BORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BORAL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BORAL worth?
- BORAL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BORAL mean?
- A hard, artificial abrasive material made chiefly of boron carbide bonded with aluminum, used as a substitute for natural abrasives in grinding and polishing.
- What letters can be added to BORAL?
- BORAL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BORAL:
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