GHAZAL is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. GHAZAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GHAZAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GHAZAL is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GHAZAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ghazalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GHAZAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GHAZAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does GHAZAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A lyric poem of rhymed couplets with a repeated refrain, traditionally about love and loss.
The ghazal grew out of Arabic and Persian poetry and became central to Urdu verse. Each couplet stands alone in meaning but is bound to the others by a shared rhyme pattern. Many ghazal poems are sung, and the form has also been adopted by poets writing in English.
How GHAZAL is used
Used when discussing poetry and classical music from the Middle East and South Asia.
- The singer ended the evening with a famous ghazal.
- She wrote a ghazal about the city of her childhood.
- Every couplet of the ghazal ended on the same refrain.
- He studied the ghazal as a form of Urdu poetry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GHAZAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GHAZAL
1 longer words begin with GHAZAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GHAZAL
Common questions about GHAZAL
- Is GHAZAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GHAZAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GHAZAL worth?
- GHAZAL is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GHAZAL mean?
- A lyric poem of rhymed couplets with a repeated refrain, traditionally about love and loss.
- What letters can be added to GHAZAL?
- GHAZAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GHAZAL:
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