PALEA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PALEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALEA?
| 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 PALEA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALEA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PALEA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PALEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does PALEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The small, often membranous bract that lies opposite the lemma and helps enclose the flower in a grass floret.
Botanists examining a single grass floret find two chief bracts wrapping the tiny flower inside: the lemma on the outer side and the palea facing it on the inner side. Together the two protect the developing seed until it is ready to disperse, and their shape and texture help specialists tell one grass species from another. The same term applies more broadly to a similar small scale found on the flower heads of daisies and their relatives.
How PALEA is used
A technical botanical term, used mainly in plant identification and the description of grass and daisy-family flowers.
- Under the microscope, the palea was clearly visible beside the lemma.
- Botanists compared the shape of the palea across several grass species.
- The guide described the ridged palea typical of this wild grass.
- A thin, papery palea covered the tiny grain inside the floret.
- Each floret in the daisy head carried its own small palea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALEA
4 longer words begin with PALEA.
Shorter words from the letters in PALEA
Common questions about PALEA
- Is PALEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALEA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALEA worth?
- PALEA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALEA mean?
- The small, often membranous bract that lies opposite the lemma and helps enclose the flower in a grass floret.
- What letters can be added to PALEA?
- PALEA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PALEA:
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