GAZAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. GAZAL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GAZAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAZAL is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAZAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gazalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAZAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAZAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does GAZAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literarypoetic
A variant spelling of ghazal, a lyric poem of rhyming couplets, traditionally about love and loss, from Persian and Arabic poetic tradition.
A gazal, more often spelled ghazal, is built from a series of independent couplets that share a single rhyme and refrain, a form that developed in Arabic poetry before spreading through Persian, Urdu, and Turkish literature. Poets use the form to explore longing, love, and separation, often ending each couplet with the poet's own name. In English the spelling gazal appears mainly in word lists and in discussions of the poem's history.
How GAZAL is used
The word is literary; the spelling ghazal is far more common than gazal in general use.
- The singer set an old gazal to a slow, mournful tune.
- She studied the gazal as part of her course on Persian poetry.
- Each couplet of the gazal ended with the same haunting refrain.
- He translated a famous gazal about a lost homeland.
- The evening's program included a gazal performed with just a harmonium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAZAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAZAL
1 longer words begin with GAZAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GAZAL
Common questions about GAZAL
- Is GAZAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GAZAL is not in it.
- How many points is GAZAL worth?
- GAZAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAZAL mean?
- A variant spelling of ghazal, a lyric poem of rhyming couplets, traditionally about love and loss, from Persian and Arabic poetic tradition.
- What letters can be added to GAZAL?
- GAZAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAZAL:
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