DIASTRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DIASTRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIASTRAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIASTRAL is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIASTRAL
No single letter turns DIASTRAL into another word.
How DIASTRAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DIASTRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIASTRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIASTRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the diaster, the stage of cell division when chromosomes gather near the two poles.
Diastral is a very specialised cell-biology term that appears in older descriptions of mitosis. Modern texts usually name the stage differently. A diastral figure looks like two clusters facing each other across the cell.
How DIASTRAL is used
Found only in technical biology writing about diastral stages.
- The slide showed a clear diastral arrangement of chromosomes.
- Early cytologists drew the diastral phase in great detail.
- A diastral cell has its chromosomes clustered at opposite ends.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIASTRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIASTRAL
The 8 tiles of DIASTRAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DIASTRAL
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Common questions about DIASTRAL
- Is DIASTRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIASTRAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIASTRAL worth?
- DIASTRAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIASTRAL mean?
- Relating to the diaster, the stage of cell division when chromosomes gather near the two poles.
- What letters can be added to DIASTRAL?
- No single letter can be added to DIASTRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DIASTRAL:
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