PAAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PAAL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PAAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAAL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PAAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does PAAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbeandialect
A stake or post driven into the ground, as used in Caribbean English.
A paal marks a boundary, holds a rope, or supports a structure much like an ordinary stake, but the word itself is a loan from Dutch that survived in Caribbean speech from the region's colonial history. Paal names the object itself rather than any one particular use.
How PAAL is used
Regional Caribbean usage; largely unfamiliar outside that dialect area.
- They drove a paal into the mud to mark the field's edge.
- The fence line follows a row of wooden paal posts.
- A rope was tied to the paal by the water's edge.
- Workers hammered each paal deep into the soft ground.
- The old paal had rotted and needed replacing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAAL
The 4 tiles of PAAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PAAL
1 longer words begin with PAAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PAAL
Common questions about PAAL
- Is PAAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PAAL is not in it.
- How many points is PAAL worth?
- PAAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAAL mean?
- A stake or post driven into the ground, as used in Caribbean English.
- What letters can be added to PAAL?
- PAAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PAAL:
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