FUGAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FUGAL 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 FUGAL?
| 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 FUGAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUGAL
No single letter turns FUGAL into another word.
How FUGAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FUGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does FUGAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Written or performed in the style of a fugue, a musical form in which a short theme is introduced by one voice and then imitated in turn by the others.
Fugal describes music built the way a fugue is built, with a theme stated once and then chased through the other parts, each one entering slightly after the last and weaving around the others. Critics also use fugal loosely outside music, for prose or argument that circles back on an idea and develops it from several angles at once, much as separate voices develop one melody. The word always signals structure and imitation rather than any particular mood or period.
How FUGAL is used
Chiefly a music term; the extended literary use is less common and always figurative.
- The final movement opens with a strict fugal passage for strings.
- Critics praised the fugal complexity of the closing chorus.
- His prose has a fugal quality, returning to the same phrase from new angles.
- The organist improvised a short fugal interlude before the hymn.
- Students study fugal writing before attempting a full fugue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUGAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FUGAL
1 longer words begin with FUGAL.
Words ending in FUGAL
5 words end in FUGAL. Useful as a back hook: play FUGAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with FUGAL inside
8 words contain FUGAL in the middle. Words that start with FUGAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FUGAL
Common questions about FUGAL
- Is FUGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUGAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUGAL worth?
- FUGAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUGAL mean?
- Written or performed in the style of a fugue, a musical form in which a short theme is introduced by one voice and then imitated in turn by the others.
- What letters can be added to FUGAL?
- No single letter can be added to FUGAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FUGAL:
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