COPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COPAL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COPAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COPAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COPAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does COPAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard, pale yellow to brown resin that oozes from certain tropical trees and hardens on exposure to air.
Copal is gathered from various tropical trees in Africa, Asia and the Americas, sometimes collected fresh from the living tree and sometimes dug out of the ground where old forests once stood. Because it dries hard and glossy, copal has long been valued as an ingredient in varnish and lacquer, and some peoples have also burned it as incense. The word itself comes from the Nahuatl copalli, meaning resin, reflecting its long history of use in Mesoamerica.
How COPAL is used
Countable and uncountable noun; often qualified by source, as in Congo copal or Manila copal.
- The cabinetmaker mixed copal with alcohol to make a hard, glossy varnish.
- Ancient traders carried copal from the coast to inland markets.
- Burning copal filled the temple with fragrant smoke.
- Chunks of fossil copal are sometimes mistaken for true amber.
- The forest floor was littered with hardened drops of copal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COPAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COPAL
3 longer words begin with COPAL.
Words ending in COPAL
5 words end in COPAL. Useful as a back hook: play COPAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with COPAL inside
7 words contain COPAL in the middle. Words that start with COPAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COPAL
Common questions about COPAL
- Is COPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COPAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COPAL worth?
- COPAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COPAL mean?
- A hard, pale yellow to brown resin that oozes from certain tropical trees and hardens on exposure to air.
- What letters can be added to COPAL?
- COPAL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COPAL:
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