KRAAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. KRAAL 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 KRAAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KRAAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KRAAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kraalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KRAAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KRAAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does KRAAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
South African
A traditional South African village of huts enclosed by a fence or stockade, or an enclosure built to hold livestock such as cattle.
A kraal historically served two closely related purposes, sheltering a family or community inside a circle of huts and separately penning cattle safely inside a fenced area nearby, with the whole layout arranged for protection and daily herding. The word entered English from Afrikaans, itself borrowed from an earlier Portuguese term, and is now used across southern Africa for both the settlement and the livestock enclosure. English speakers also use kraal as a verb, so a herder can kraal the cattle each evening, meaning to drive them into the enclosure for the night.
How KRAAL is used
Used mainly in southern African English, both as a noun for the village or livestock pen and as a verb meaning to pen animals.
- The chief's kraal stood at the center of the settlement.
- Herders drove the cattle into the kraal before nightfall.
- Tourists visited a traditional kraal to see the round thatched huts.
- The fence around the kraal kept predators away from the livestock.
- Each family maintained its own small kraal on the edge of the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KRAAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KRAAL
3 longer words begin with KRAAL.
Shorter words from the letters in KRAAL
Common questions about KRAAL
- Is KRAAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KRAAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KRAAL worth?
- KRAAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KRAAL mean?
- A traditional South African village of huts enclosed by a fence or stockade, or an enclosure built to hold livestock such as cattle.
- What letters can be added to KRAAL?
- KRAAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KRAAL:
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