JARUL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. JARUL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept JARUL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JARUL is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JARUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jarulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JARUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JARUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does JARUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical Asian tree with large clusters of purple or white flowers; jarool is a variant spelling.
Jarul belongs to the loosestrife family and is prized in South and Southeast Asia both as a flowering shade tree and as a source of durable timber. Its showy purple blossoms have made it a common street and garden tree in parts of India, where it is also known as the queen's crape myrtle. The name reached English from a South Asian language along with the tree itself, and jarool remains an accepted variant spelling.
How JARUL is used
Countable: a jarul, two jaruls. Chiefly botanical and used in writing about South Asian trees.
- A jarul in full flower turns an entire avenue purple.
- The timber of the jarul is valued for boat building.
- Two jaruls were planted along the new road.
- Botanists list jarul among the ornamental trees of the region.
- The jarul sheds its purple flowers after only a few weeks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JARUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of JARUL
The 5 tiles of JARUL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with JARUL
1 longer words begin with JARUL.
Shorter words from the letters in JARUL
Common questions about JARUL
- Is JARUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JARUL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JARUL worth?
- JARUL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JARUL mean?
- A tropical Asian tree with large clusters of purple or white flowers; jarool is a variant spelling.
- What letters can be added to JARUL?
- JARUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JARUL:
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