PALAEOSOL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points

It depends on the list you play by. PALAEOSOL 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

Which word lists accept PALAEOSOL?

Word power: 30 / 100

Our own measure of how useful PALAEOSOL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PALAEOSOL

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How PALAEOSOL scores

Face value of the 9 tiles in PALAEOSOL, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALAEOSOL has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about PALAEOSOL

• PALAEOSOL runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with PALAEOSOL

1 longer words begin with PALAEOSOL.

Shorter words from the letters in PALAEOSOL

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Common questions about PALAEOSOL

Is PALAEOSOL valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALAEOSOL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is PALAEOSOL worth?

PALAEOSOL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to PALAEOSOL?

PALAEOSOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.