CARPALE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CARPALE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARPALE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARPALE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARPALE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carpalesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARPALE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CARPALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does CARPALE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
One of the small bones of the wrist; a carpal bone.
Anatomists use carpale for a single wrist bone, and the plural is carpalia. The eight such bones sit in two rows between the forearm and the long bones of the hand.
How CARPALE is used
The word carpale is a technical anatomy term, rare outside textbooks.
- The scan showed a fracture of one carpale.
- Each carpale was labelled in the diagram.
- The student memorised the name of every carpale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARPALE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARPALE
1 longer words begin with CARPALE.
Shorter words from the letters in CARPALE
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Common questions about CARPALE
- Is CARPALE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARPALE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARPALE worth?
- CARPALE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARPALE mean?
- One of the small bones of the wrist; a carpal bone.
- What letters can be added to CARPALE?
- CARPALE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CARPALE:
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