PORTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PORTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORTAL?
| 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 PORTAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORTAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
portalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PORTAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PORTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does PORTAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large or imposing doorway, gate, or entrance to a building; also a website that serves as a gateway to other pages, services, or information.
A cathedral or palace portal is often carved or framed with columns to mark it out as the grand way in, quite different from an ordinary door. The same word later moved into computing, where a portal is a website designed as a starting point, gathering links, news, or tools from many sources in one place. Fantasy and science fiction writers have stretched the word further still, using portal for a magical opening between two different places or worlds.
How PORTAL is used
Used in architecture for grand entrances, in computing for gateway websites, and in fiction for magical openings between worlds.
- Visitors passed through the cathedral's carved stone portal.
- The company's employee portal lists every internal policy.
- The wizard opened a portal to another realm.
- A stone portal marked the entrance to the old fortress.
- Students log into the university portal to check their grades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORTAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PORTAL
The 6 tiles of PORTAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PORTAL
2 longer words begin with PORTAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PORTAL
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Common questions about PORTAL
- Is PORTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORTAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORTAL worth?
- PORTAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORTAL mean?
- A large or imposing doorway, gate, or entrance to a building; also a website that serves as a gateway to other pages, services, or information.
- What letters can be added to PORTAL?
- PORTAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PORTAL:
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