LORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LORAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LORAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LORAL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LORAL
Front hooks — 1
floralBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LORAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about LORAL
- LORAL 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 LORAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to the lore, the small area on the side of a bird's head between the eye and the base of the beak.
Ornithologists use loral to describe feathers, bare skin or coloring found in that narrow patch between a bird's eye and bill, a detail that can help identify closely related species. A field guide might note a loral stripe or a bare loral patch as a key mark for telling two similar birds apart. The related noun lore names the area itself, while loral is the adjective describing anything belonging to it.
How LORAL is used
A specialist term from ornithology, used in field guides and scientific descriptions of bird plumage rather than in general conversation.
- The field guide mentioned a thin loral stripe as a key marking.
- Bare loral skin distinguished the vulture from similar species.
- Researchers measured the loral region of each captured bird.
- A dark loral patch separated the eye from the bill.
- The illustration highlighted the loral area in close-up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LORAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in LORAL
9 words end in LORAL. Useful as a back hook: play LORAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with LORAL inside
8 words contain LORAL in the middle. Words that start with LORAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LORAL
Common questions about LORAL
- Is LORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LORAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LORAL worth?
- LORAL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LORAL mean?
- Relating to the lore, the small area on the side of a bird's head between the eye and the base of the beak.
- What letters can be added to LORAL?
- LORAL takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LORAL:
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