KAHAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. KAHAL 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KAHAL?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAHAL is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAHAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kahalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAHAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAHAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does KAHAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The self-governing council that administered a Jewish community, chiefly in early modern Poland and Lithuania.
A kahal collected taxes owed to the ruling government, hired rabbis and cantors, and settled disputes inside the community rather than sending them to outside courts. The system grew strong in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries and was dismantled once those states reformed their administration in the nineteenth century. English writers use kahal specifically for that historical council, not for a synagogue building or a congregation in general.
How KAHAL is used
Historical; used mainly in writing about Jewish community organization in early modern Eastern Europe.
- The kahal set the tax owed by every household in the town.
- A rabbi hired by the kahal answered to its lay council.
- Historians study how the kahal kept order without outside courts.
- The kahal of one town rarely interfered in the affairs of the next.
- Reforms of the nineteenth century ended the kahal as a legal body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAHAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KAHAL
1 longer words begin with KAHAL.
Shorter words from the letters in KAHAL
Common questions about KAHAL
- Is KAHAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KAHAL is not in it.
- How many points is KAHAL worth?
- KAHAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAHAL mean?
- The self-governing council that administered a Jewish community, chiefly in early modern Poland and Lithuania.
- What letters can be added to KAHAL?
- KAHAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KAHAL:
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