PELAGIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PELAGIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PELAGIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PELAGIAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PELAGIAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pelagialsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PELAGIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PELAGIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PELAGIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PELAGIAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The open water of a sea or lake, away from the shore and the bottom.
Ecologists divide a lake or ocean into zones, and the pelagial is the free water where plankton drift and fish swim. It stands apart from the shallow edge and the sea floor.
How PELAGIAL is used
A term from marine biology and limnology.
- Plankton thrive in the sunlit pelagial.
- Tuna roam the pelagial far from the coast.
- The pelagial of the lake is cold and dark in the deep.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PELAGIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PELAGIAL
1 longer words begin with PELAGIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PELAGIAL
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Common questions about PELAGIAL
- Is PELAGIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PELAGIAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PELAGIAL worth?
- PELAGIAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PELAGIAL mean?
- The open water of a sea or lake, away from the shore and the bottom.
- What letters can be added to PELAGIAL?
- PELAGIAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PELAGIAL:
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