ESTRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ESTRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESTRAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESTRAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESTRAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ESTRAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ESTRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about ESTRAL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 11 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 ESTRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedicalzoology
Relating to estrus, the recurring period of sexual receptivity in female mammals.
Estral describes anything connected to the estral cycle, the hormonal cycle that brings a female mammal into and out of estrus at regular intervals. Veterinarians and biologists track estral changes in hormone levels to time breeding in livestock and to understand reproductive health more generally. Estral is simply the American spelling of the older form oestral, and both appear alongside the related adjectives estrous and oestrous. Outside veterinary medicine and biology, the word almost never appears.
How ESTRAL is used
A technical term in veterinary medicine and biology, rarely used outside those fields.
- The vet tracked the mare's estral cycle before breeding season.
- Hormone levels shift through each estral phase.
- Farmers watch for estral signs to time artificial insemination.
- The study measured estral changes across several species.
- An irregular estral pattern can signal a health problem in livestock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESTRAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESTRAL
The 6 tiles of ESTRAL in a different order — 11 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ESTRAL
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Common questions about ESTRAL
- Is ESTRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESTRAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESTRAL worth?
- ESTRAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESTRAL mean?
- Relating to estrus, the recurring period of sexual receptivity in female mammals.
- What letters can be added to ESTRAL?
- ESTRAL takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ESTRAL:
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