HERNIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HERNIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERNIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERNIAL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERNIAL
No single letter turns HERNIAL into another word.
How HERNIAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HERNIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,183.
What does HERNIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or caused by a hernia.
Surgeons speak of a hernial sac, ring or swelling when describing the place where part of an organ pushes through a weak spot in the body wall. The adjective is purely medical and rarely heard in plain talk.
How HERNIAL is used
Hernial appears in medical reports and textbooks.
- The surgeon repaired the hernial opening in the abdominal wall.
- A hernial bulge appeared when he lifted the crate.
- The textbook shows a drawing of a hernial sac.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERNIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HERNIAL
The 7 tiles of HERNIAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HERNIAL
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Common questions about HERNIAL
- Is HERNIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERNIAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERNIAL worth?
- HERNIAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERNIAL mean?
- Relating to or caused by a hernia.
- What letters can be added to HERNIAL?
- No single letter can be added to HERNIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HERNIAL:
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