PRIMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PRIMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRIMAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRIMAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRIMAL
No single letter turns PRIMAL into another word.
How PRIMAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PRIMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does PRIMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Belonging to the earliest stage of something, or so basic and deep that it seems to come from the very origin of life.
Primal comes from the Latin primus, first, and it can describe a place or era that is ancient and untouched, such as a primal forest. It also names the most basic human drives, so a primal scream or a primal fear feels instinctive rather than learned. Writers choose it over primitive when they want to praise power rather than suggest crudeness.
How PRIMAL is used
Common in descriptive and psychological writing, often before nouns such as fear, urge, instinct or scream.
- A primal fear of the dark followed him into adulthood.
- The drums built up a primal rhythm that filled the hall.
- Hunger is the most primal of all our urges.
- They walked for days through primal woodland that no axe had touched.
- The film taps something primal in the audience.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRIMAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRIMAL
The 6 tiles of PRIMAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PRIMAL
3 longer words begin with PRIMAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PRIMAL
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Common questions about PRIMAL
- Is PRIMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRIMAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRIMAL worth?
- PRIMAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRIMAL mean?
- Belonging to the earliest stage of something, or so basic and deep that it seems to come from the very origin of life.
- What letters can be added to PRIMAL?
- No single letter can be added to PRIMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PRIMAL:
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