POSTORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POSTORAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSTORAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSTORAL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSTORAL
No single letter turns POSTORAL into another word.
How POSTORAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POSTORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POSTORAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POSTORAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Situated behind the mouth.
Biologists use postoral to place structures such as appendages or grooves in relation to the mouth opening. The term has nothing to do with spoken examinations, despite the look of the word.
How POSTORAL is used
Postoral is a descriptive term in zoology and anatomy.
- A postoral groove runs along the underside of the cell.
- The larva has a postoral band of cilia.
- Researchers measured the postoral appendages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSTORAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POSTORAL
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Common questions about POSTORAL
- Is POSTORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSTORAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSTORAL worth?
- POSTORAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSTORAL mean?
- Situated behind the mouth.
- What letters can be added to POSTORAL?
- No single letter can be added to POSTORAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POSTORAL:
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