NOPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NOPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOPAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOPAL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOPAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nopalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOPAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NOPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does NOPAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A prickly pear cactus, or one of its flat, fleshy pads eaten as a vegetable in Mexican cooking.
Cooks peel the spines from a young nopal pad and then boil, grill, or fry it, giving a texture often compared to green beans with a mild, slightly tart flavor. The word reached English through Spanish from Nahuatl nopalli, the language of the Aztecs, and it still names both the plant and the harvested pad in everyday Mexican markets.
How NOPAL is used
Used mainly in cooking and gardening contexts, especially in Mexican and Southwestern American cuisine.
- She diced a nopal pad for the morning salad.
- The market stall sold fresh nopal alongside chilies and tomatoes.
- Grilled nopal has a slightly tart, tangy flavor.
- He trimmed the spines from the nopal before slicing it.
- Nopal cactus grows easily in dry, sandy soil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOPAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOPAL
4 longer words begin with NOPAL.
Shorter words from the letters in NOPAL
Common questions about NOPAL
- Is NOPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOPAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOPAL worth?
- NOPAL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOPAL mean?
- A prickly pear cactus, or one of its flat, fleshy pads eaten as a vegetable in Mexican cooking.
- What letters can be added to NOPAL?
- NOPAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NOPAL:
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