PHONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PHONAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHONAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHONAL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHONAL
No single letter turns PHONAL into another word.
How PHONAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does PHONAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the voice or to the sounds of speech.
Phonal belongs to the vocabulary of phonetics and voice training, where it describes whatever has to do with the production of vocal sound. It comes from the Greek word for voice and is a close cousin of phonic and phonetic, though it is far less common than either. A teacher might speak of phonal control when discussing how a singer shapes breath into tone.
How PHONAL is used
Rare and technical; found in older works on speech and singing.
- The singer worked on phonal control for years.
- A phonal habit such as a rasp can be trained away.
- The textbook describes phonal structure in the throat.
- He noted a phonal change in the boy as his voice deepened.
- Her phonal range surprised the whole choir.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHONAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHONAL
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Common questions about PHONAL
- Is PHONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHONAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHONAL worth?
- PHONAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHONAL mean?
- Relating to the voice or to the sounds of speech.
- What letters can be added to PHONAL?
- No single letter can be added to PHONAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHONAL:
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