GNARL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GNARL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GNARL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GNARL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GNARL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GNARL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GNARL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does GNARL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard knot, twisted lump, or protrusion in the wood of a tree, or more broadly, any rough, twisted lump.
Old trees often develop a gnarl where a branch has broken off or where the trunk has grown around some obstruction, leaving a hard, knotted lump in the wood grain. Woodworkers sometimes prize a gnarl for the unusual, swirling pattern it creates when the wood is cut and polished, even though the same knot can make the timber harder to saw. The adjective gnarled, describing hands, branches, or trees twisted by age, comes directly from this same word.
How GNARL is used
Used mainly to describe knotted or twisted wood, and by extension anything rough and contorted in a similar way.
- The old oak had a large gnarl near its base.
- Woodturners look for an interesting gnarl to shape into a bowl.
- A gnarl in the plank made the saw blade catch.
- The walking stick was cut from a branch with a natural gnarl.
- Each gnarl in the ancient tree told a story of some old injury.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GNARL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GNARL
6 longer words begin with GNARL.
Shorter words from the letters in GNARL
Common questions about GNARL
- Is GNARL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GNARL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GNARL worth?
- GNARL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GNARL mean?
- A hard knot, twisted lump, or protrusion in the wood of a tree, or more broadly, any rough, twisted lump.
- What letters can be added to GNARL?
- GNARL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GNARL:
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