NARWAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NARWAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NARWAL?
| 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 NARWAL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NARWAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
narwalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NARWAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NARWAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does NARWAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small Arctic whale whose male grows one long, spirally twisted tusk.
The narwal lives in cold northern waters, and the tusk, which is really an overgrown tooth, can reach about three metres. Old sailors and traders sold such tusks as the horns of unicorns. This spelling is a shorter variant of narwhal, found in older books and in word-game lists.
How NARWAL is used
A less common spelling; narwhal is the form most writers use today.
- A narwal surfaced between the floes.
- The museum keeps the tusk of a narwal in a glass case.
- Every narwal in the pod carried a spiral tusk.
- He drew a narwal for the chart of Arctic animals.
- Hunters once prized the narwal for its ivory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NARWAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NARWAL
1 longer words begin with NARWAL.
Shorter words from the letters in NARWAL
Common questions about NARWAL
- Is NARWAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NARWAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NARWAL worth?
- NARWAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NARWAL mean?
- A small Arctic whale whose male grows one long, spirally twisted tusk.
- What letters can be added to NARWAL?
- NARWAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NARWAL:
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