DURAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DURAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DURAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DURAL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
duralsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DURAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DURAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does DURAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of or belonging to the dura, the outermost and toughest of the brain's three protective membranes.
Anatomists use dural to describe anything connected with the dura mater, the toughest of the three membranes, called meninges, that wrap the brain and spinal cord. A dural tear, for instance, is a small rip in this outer layer that can let cerebrospinal fluid leak out and cause a severe headache. Surgeons pay close attention to dural structures such as the venous sinuses that run within folds of this membrane and carry blood away from the brain. Outside medicine the word rarely appears at all, since the tissue it names has no everyday equivalent.
How DURAL is used
A specialist medical and anatomical term, met chiefly in descriptions of the brain and spinal cord coverings.
- The surgeon repaired a small dural tear before closing the incision.
- A dural sinus carries blood away from the surface of the brain.
- The scan showed mild dural thickening near the base of the skull.
- Doctors watched for dural bleeding after the head injury.
- The textbook described the dural sac that surrounds the spinal cord.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DURAL
5 longer words begin with DURAL.
Words ending in DURAL
5 words end in DURAL. Useful as a back hook: play DURAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with DURAL inside
4 words contain DURAL in the middle. Words that start with DURAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DURAL
Common questions about DURAL
- Is DURAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DURAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DURAL worth?
- DURAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURAL mean?
- Of or belonging to the dura, the outermost and toughest of the brain's three protective membranes.
- What letters can be added to DURAL?
- DURAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DURAL:
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