PHRASAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PHRASAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHRASAL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHRASAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHRASAL
No single letter turns PHRASAL into another word.
How PHRASAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PHRASAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does PHRASAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a phrase, or made up of a group of words working as one unit.
Grammarians speak of a phrasal verb, such as "give up" or "take off", where a verb and a small word act together. A phrasal element in a sentence is a unit larger than one word but smaller than a clause. The term is chiefly used in language teaching and linguistics.
How PHRASAL is used
Phrasal is mainly used in grammar, most famously in "phrasal verb".
- "Look up" is a phrasal verb with several meanings.
- The textbook has a chapter on phrasal structure.
- Learners often find phrasal expressions hard to memorise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHRASAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHRASAL
1 longer words begin with PHRASAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PHRASAL
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Common questions about PHRASAL
- Is PHRASAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHRASAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHRASAL worth?
- PHRASAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHRASAL mean?
- Relating to a phrase, or made up of a group of words working as one unit.
- What letters can be added to PHRASAL?
- No single letter can be added to PHRASAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PHRASAL:
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