PEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEAL?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEAL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about PEAL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PEAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A loud, ringing sound, especially one made by a set of bells or by a burst of laughter or thunder.
A peal builds from a single strike into a spreading wave of sound. This is why the word describes both a church peal of bells rung one after another and a peal of laughter that rises suddenly from a room.
How PEAL is used
Common in everyday and literary description of bells, thunder and laughter.
- A peal of bells rang out across the valley.
- Her joke set off a peal of laughter.
- Thunder broke overhead in one long peal.
- The bell-ringers practised a new peal every week.
- A peal of church bells welcomed the new year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PEAL
The 4 tiles of PEAL in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with PEAL
4 longer words begin with PEAL.
Words ending in PEAL
4 words end in PEAL. Useful as a back hook: play PEAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with PEAL inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain PEAL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PEAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PEAL
Common questions about PEAL
- Is PEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEAL worth?
- PEAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEAL mean?
- A loud, ringing sound, especially one made by a set of bells or by a burst of laughter or thunder.
- What letters can be added to PEAL?
- PEAL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PEAL:
Open PEAL in the Word Finder