NOUNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NOUNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOUNAL?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOUNAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOUNAL
No single letter turns NOUNAL into another word.
How NOUNAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NOUNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,985.
What does NOUNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a noun, or having the grammatical function of a noun.
Grammarians use nounal to describe a word, phrase or clause that behaves like a noun even if it is not one in its usual form, such as a gerund or an infinitive standing in for the subject of a sentence. The term lets linguists talk about function separately from word class, since a whole clause such as what she said can occupy a nounal position in a sentence just as a single noun would. Nounal contrasts with related adjectives such as verbal and adjectival, each marking a different grammatical role that a word or phrase can take on. The word is used almost exclusively in grammatical description rather than in ordinary conversation.
How NOUNAL is used
Technical term from grammar and linguistics; not used outside descriptions of sentence structure.
- The infinitive here takes on a nounal role as the subject of the sentence.
- Linguists label the whole clause nounal because it functions like a noun.
- A gerund often fills a nounal slot where a simple noun could also stand.
- The grammar book compared nounal, verbal and adjectival uses of the same word.
- In this sentence, the phrase acts in a nounal way, naming a thing rather than an action.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOUNAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOUNAL
1 longer words begin with NOUNAL.
Shorter words from the letters in NOUNAL
Common questions about NOUNAL
- Is NOUNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOUNAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOUNAL worth?
- NOUNAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOUNAL mean?
- Relating to a noun, or having the grammatical function of a noun.
- What letters can be added to NOUNAL?
- No single letter can be added to NOUNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NOUNAL:
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