GORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GORAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GORAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GORAL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GORAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
goralsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GORAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about GORAL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GORAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small, sure-footed goat-antelope native to rocky mountain regions of Asia, related to the serow.
The goral lives on steep, rocky slopes in places such as the Himalayas and parts of East Asia, where its short legs and strong hooves let it climb terrain that would defeat most other grazing animals. It is smaller than the related serow and typically has short, backward-curving horns and a coat that changes with the seasons. Several kinds of goral are now considered vulnerable or threatened because of hunting and the loss of their mountain habitat.
How GORAL is used
A specialist zoological term, used mainly in writing about Asian wildlife and conservation.
- Researchers tracked a goral moving across the steep hillside.
- The goral shares its mountain habitat with the snow leopard.
- Conservationists are working to protect the endangered goral population.
- A goral can leap between narrow rock ledges with ease.
- The documentary showed a goral grazing near the cliff edge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GORAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GORAL
The 5 tiles of GORAL in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with GORAL
1 longer words begin with GORAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GORAL
Common questions about GORAL
- Is GORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GORAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GORAL worth?
- GORAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GORAL mean?
- A small, sure-footed goat-antelope native to rocky mountain regions of Asia, related to the serow.
- What letters can be added to GORAL?
- GORAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GORAL:
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