NAPALM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NAPALM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAPALM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAPALM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAPALM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
napalmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAPALM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NAPALM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does NAPALM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sticky, highly flammable jelly made by thickening petrol, used in incendiary bombs and flame-throwers.
The name was coined in the early 1940s from the two acids whose salts first gave the fuel its gelling power. Because the jelly clings to whatever it lands on and burns fiercely, napalm became one of the most feared weapons of twentieth-century warfare. The word is also used for the weapon itself and, in the verb form, for attacking a target with it.
How NAPALM is used
Used in military history and in figurative talk about total destruction.
- The film opens with a jungle erupting in napalm.
- Engineers in the war years searched for a cheaper way to thicken napalm.
- She joked that her cooking was a napalm attack on the kitchen.
- Museums keep a canister of napalm only as a labelled, emptied exhibit.
- Historians still argue about how napalm changed the bombing of cities.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAPALM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NAPALM
3 longer words begin with NAPALM.
Shorter words from the letters in NAPALM
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Common questions about NAPALM
- Is NAPALM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAPALM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAPALM worth?
- NAPALM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAPALM mean?
- A sticky, highly flammable jelly made by thickening petrol, used in incendiary bombs and flame-throwers.
- What letters can be added to NAPALM?
- NAPALM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NAPALM:
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