PAUL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PAUL 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 PAUL?
| 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 PAUL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAUL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAUL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PAUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does PAUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalobsolete
An old small silver coin once issued in the Papal States and elsewhere in Italy, known too as a paolo.
A paul was worth only a small fraction of larger coins of its day, and travellers of past centuries mention paying a few paul for a meal or a room. The coin went out of use once the Papal States adopted other currency.
How PAUL is used
Found mainly in older travel writing and in accounts of historical European coinage.
- The innkeeper asked for two paul for the night.
- He counted out a handful of paul for the ferryman.
- A worn paul lay among the coins in the drawer.
- The guidebook listed prices in paul rather than lire.
- Few travellers today have even seen a paul.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAUL
The 4 tiles of PAUL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PAUL
7 longer words begin with PAUL.
Words ending in PAUL
1 words end in PAUL. Useful as a back hook: play PAUL onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAUL inside
19 words contain PAUL in the middle. Words that start with PAUL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAUL
Common questions about PAUL
- Is PAUL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PAUL is not in it.
- How many points is PAUL worth?
- PAUL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAUL mean?
- An old small silver coin once issued in the Papal States and elsewhere in Italy, known too as a paolo.
- What letters can be added to PAUL?
- PAUL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PAUL:
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