KOGAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. KOGAL 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KOGAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KOGAL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOGAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kogalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KOGAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KOGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does KOGAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A fashionable Japanese teenage girl or young woman, especially one known for an active social life and a taste for costly brand-name clothes and gadgets.
A kogal is defined less by age than by a look and a lifestyle: tanned skin, loose socks, a short skirt, and a phone loaded with the newest apps. The term kogal came into English from writing on Japanese youth culture in the 1990s, where such girls set fast-moving trends that older fashion houses then tried to follow. Being called a kogal was never an insult inside the subculture itself; it named a recognisable, confident style rather than mocking it. Outside Japan the word kogal stayed a specialist term, used mostly by writers describing Japanese street fashion.
How KOGAL is used
Informal; a borrowing from Japanese youth culture, met mainly in writing about Japanese fashion trends.
- Magazines in the 1990s photographed every new kogal style on the street.
- A kogal was easy to spot by the loose socks and short skirt.
- The writer used kogal to describe a whole wave of Japanese teen fashion.
- Not every trendy teenager in Tokyo counted as a kogal.
- Fashion historians still study the kogal look from that decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOGAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KOGAL
1 longer words begin with KOGAL.
Shorter words from the letters in KOGAL
Common questions about KOGAL
- Is KOGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KOGAL is not in it.
- How many points is KOGAL worth?
- KOGAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOGAL mean?
- A fashionable Japanese teenage girl or young woman, especially one known for an active social life and a taste for costly brand-name clothes and gadgets.
- What letters can be added to KOGAL?
- KOGAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KOGAL:
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