PETAL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PETAL 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 PETAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PETAL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PETAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
petalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PETAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PETAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about PETAL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 7 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 PETAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
One of the often brightly coloured, leaf-like parts that together form the outer part of a flower.
A petal is a modified leaf, and together a flower's petals make up the corolla, the ring that usually surrounds the reproductive parts at the centre. Their colour, scent and shape often exist to attract insects or birds that carry pollen from flower to flower, so a rose petal looks and smells very different from a grass flower, which barely has petals at all. After pollination many flowers shed their petals, leaving behind the parts that develop into fruit or seed.
How PETAL is used
A common, everyday word used whenever people talk about flowers.
- A single rose petal fell onto the table.
- Children scattered petal after petal along the aisle.
- The wind blew pink petal confetti across the garden.
- She pressed a dried petal between the pages of her book.
- Each petal on the daisy was tipped with a faint pink edge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PETAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PETAL
The 5 tiles of PETAL in a different order — 7 found.
Words starting with PETAL
15 longer words begin with PETAL.
Words ending in PETAL
4 words end in PETAL. Useful as a back hook: play PETAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with PETAL inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain PETAL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PETAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PETAL
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Common questions about PETAL
- Is PETAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PETAL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PETAL worth?
- PETAL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PETAL mean?
- One of the often brightly coloured, leaf-like parts that together form the outer part of a flower.
- What letters can be added to PETAL?
- PETAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PETAL:
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