OPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OPAL 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 OPAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPAL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OPAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does OPAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A gemstone that shows shifting flashes of colour within a milky or translucent body.
An opal forms underground from silica-rich water and, unlike most gems, has no single fixed colour. Instead its surface seems to shimmer with tiny rainbows as it turns in the light, which is why an opal is prized in jewellery.
How OPAL is used
Used mainly as a jewellery term; also a given name and a birthstone for October.
- The ring was set with a single blue-green opal.
- She found a rough opal while hiking near the mine.
- Light catches the opal and scatters into tiny colours.
- He collects polished opal from old Australian mines.
- The pendant's opal seemed to change colour as she moved.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPAL
14 longer words begin with OPAL.
Words ending in OPAL
8 words end in OPAL. Useful as a back hook: play OPAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with OPAL inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain OPAL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OPAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OPAL
Common questions about OPAL
- Is OPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPAL worth?
- OPAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPAL mean?
- A gemstone that shows shifting flashes of colour within a milky or translucent body.
- What letters can be added to OPAL?
- OPAL takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OPAL:
Open OPAL in the Word Finder