PINNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PINNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PINNAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PINNAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINNAL
No single letter turns PINNAL into another word.
How PINNAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PINNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,639.
What does PINNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of or relating to the pinna, the visible outer part of the ear.
Pinnal is a narrow anatomical term, used almost only to modify words like cartilage, muscle, or reflex when describing the outer ear rather than the ear canal or inner ear. Veterinary writing uses it as often as human anatomy does, since many animals move the pinna to catch sound from different directions. The root pinna, Latin for feather or wing, was extended long ago to the wing-like flap of the outer ear.
How PINNAL is used
Technical; confined to anatomical and veterinary description.
- The vet examined the pinnal cartilage for signs of infection.
- A pinnal reflex made the cat's ear twitch toward the sound.
- Pinnal muscles let some animals rotate their ears independently.
- The textbook diagram labelled every pinnal fold of the outer ear.
- Surgeons reconstructed the pinnal tissue after the injury.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINNAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PINNAL
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Common questions about PINNAL
- Is PINNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINNAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINNAL worth?
- PINNAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINNAL mean?
- Of or relating to the pinna, the visible outer part of the ear.
- What letters can be added to PINNAL?
- No single letter can be added to PINNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PINNAL:
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