GAYAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GAYAL 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 GAYAL?
| 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 GAYAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAYAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gayalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAYAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAYAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does GAYAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large domesticated ox of South and Southeast Asia, closely related to the wild gaur.
A gayal is kept by hill communities in parts of India and Southeast Asia mainly for its meat and as a mark of wealth rather than for milk or heavy plowing. Zoologists treat the gayal as a domesticated form of the gaur, the two animals being similar in build though the gayal is somewhat smaller and less wary of people. Because it can still interbreed with wild gaur, the gayal sits at the boundary between a wild species and a fully domesticated breed.
How GAYAL is used
A specialist zoological term, rarely met outside descriptions of South and Southeast Asian livestock.
- The village kept a small herd of gayal for ceremonial slaughter.
- A gayal looks heavier through the shoulders than ordinary cattle.
- Farmers in the hills prize the gayal over cattle for its hardiness.
- The zoo listed the gayal as a subspecies of the gaur.
- They traded two gayal for a stretch of forest grazing land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAYAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAYAL
1 longer words begin with GAYAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GAYAL
Common questions about GAYAL
- Is GAYAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAYAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAYAL worth?
- GAYAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAYAL mean?
- A large domesticated ox of South and Southeast Asia, closely related to the wild gaur.
- What letters can be added to GAYAL?
- GAYAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAYAL:
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