NARIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NARIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NARIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 NARIAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NARIAL
No single letter turns NARIAL into another word.
How NARIAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NARIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does NARIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Of or relating to the nostrils.
Narial comes from nares, the Latin word for nostrils, and it describes anything to do with the nostril openings, especially in scientific descriptions of animals. Zoologists use it when comparing the position and shape of nostrils across species, for example noting how whales and elephants have narial openings placed differently from those of land mammals. The word appears almost only in technical writing about anatomy rather than in everyday speech.
How NARIAL is used
Technical term used in zoology and anatomy when describing the nostrils.
- The narial opening sits high on the skull in whales.
- Researchers compared the narial structure of several species.
- The narial passage narrows near the tip of the snout.
- A narial ridge runs along the top of the muzzle.
- The fossil skull showed a clearly narial opening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NARIAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about NARIAL
- Is NARIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NARIAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NARIAL worth?
- NARIAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NARIAL mean?
- Of or relating to the nostrils.
- What letters can be added to NARIAL?
- No single letter can be added to NARIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NARIAL:
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