LARYNGAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LARYNGAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LARYNGAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LARYNGAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LARYNGAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
laryngalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LARYNGAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LARYNGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LARYNGAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LARYNGAL
- LARYNGAL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LARYNGAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of or produced in the larynx, the voice box.
Linguists use laryngal for sounds made deep in the throat. As a noun it names one of the posited sounds of Proto-Indo-European. The common spelling in medicine is laryngeal.
How LARYNGAL is used
Used in phonetics and historical linguistics.
- The laryngal sound was lost in most later languages.
- A laryngal theory explains several odd vowel patterns.
- The speaker produced a harsh laryngal stop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LARYNGAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LARYNGAL
1 longer words begin with LARYNGAL.
Shorter words from the letters in LARYNGAL
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Common questions about LARYNGAL
- Is LARYNGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LARYNGAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LARYNGAL worth?
- LARYNGAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LARYNGAL mean?
- Of or produced in the larynx, the voice box.
- What letters can be added to LARYNGAL?
- LARYNGAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LARYNGAL:
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