ORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ORAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORAL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORAL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What does ORAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Spoken rather than written, or relating to the mouth.
Oral covers two related ideas. One is information passed by speech instead of writing, as in oral history. The other is anything to do with the mouth itself, as in oral hygiene, since both senses of oral trace back to the Latin word for mouth.
How ORAL is used
Standard modern English; common in both everyday and technical contexts.
- The professor gave an oral exam instead of a written one.
- The dentist checked her oral health during the visit.
- The village kept its history alive through oral tradition.
- He gave an oral report to the committee.
- The medicine is taken by oral administration.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORAL
8 longer words begin with ORAL.
Words ending in ORAL
Showing 24 of 89 words that end in ORAL. Useful as a back hook: play ORAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with ORAL inside
Showing 24 of 206 words that contain ORAL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ORAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ORAL
Common questions about ORAL
- Is ORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORAL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORAL worth?
- ORAL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORAL mean?
- Spoken rather than written, or relating to the mouth.
- What letters can be added to ORAL?
- ORAL takes 10 hooks: 9 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ORAL:
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