GYRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GYRAL 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 GYRAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYRAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYRAL
No single letter turns GYRAL into another word.
How GYRAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GYRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does GYRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Relating to circular or rotating motion, or specifically to a gyrus, one of the ridged folds on the surface of the brain.
In scientific writing, gyral usually turns up as the adjective form of gyrus, describing the ridged pattern of folds across the brain's outer surface rather than any motion at all, as in gyral atrophy or gyral pattern. A separate, older sense of gyral simply describes anything moving in a circular or whirling path, closer in spirit to words like rotary or spiral, though this broader use is far less common today. Because the anatomical sense dominates modern usage, readers who meet gyral in a medical or neuroscience text should expect it to describe brain structure rather than spinning motion. Both senses share the same root idea of curving around a center, whether that center is an axis of rotation or the folded surface of the brain.
How GYRAL is used
Chiefly a medical and anatomical term describing brain folds; the older sense meaning rotating is rare outside older or poetic writing.
- The scan showed a loss of normal gyral pattern in one region of the cortex.
- Doctors noted mild gyral atrophy consistent with the patient's age.
- The old poem described a gyral motion rising from the valley floor.
- Researchers measured gyral thickness across several brain regions.
- The textbook diagram labeled each gyral ridge with its scientific name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYRAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GYRAL
The 5 tiles of GYRAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GYRAL
1 longer words begin with GYRAL.
Words ending in GYRAL
1 words end in GYRAL. Useful as a back hook: play GYRAL onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GYRAL
Common questions about GYRAL
- Is GYRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYRAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYRAL worth?
- GYRAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYRAL mean?
- Relating to circular or rotating motion, or specifically to a gyrus, one of the ridged folds on the surface of the brain.
- What letters can be added to GYRAL?
- No single letter can be added to GYRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GYRAL:
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