ORINASAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ORINASAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORINASAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORINASAL is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORINASAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orinasalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORINASAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ORINASAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORINASAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORINASAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to both the mouth and the nose, especially of a sound made with air passing through both.
Phoneticians call the French nasal vowels orinasal because the soft palate is lowered while the mouth stays open. An orinasal sound therefore differs from a purely oral one.
How ORINASAL is used
Orinasal is a technical term of phonetics and anatomy.
- The surgeon repaired an orinasal fistula.
- French vowels such as the one in "bon" are orinasal.
- The linguist marked each orinasal sound in the transcription.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORINASAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORINASAL
2 longer words begin with ORINASAL.
Shorter words from the letters in ORINASAL
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Common questions about ORINASAL
- Is ORINASAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORINASAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORINASAL worth?
- ORINASAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORINASAL mean?
- Relating to both the mouth and the nose, especially of a sound made with air passing through both.
- What letters can be added to ORINASAL?
- ORINASAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ORINASAL:
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