PRIMATAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PRIMATAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRIMATAL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRIMATAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRIMATAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
primatalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRIMATAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PRIMATAL, 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 | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRIMATAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRIMATAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Belonging to or characteristic of the order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes and humans.
Primatal is a rare, formal alternative to the more common primate used as an adjective. It tends to turn up in zoology writing rather than in everyday speech. Writers choose primatal when they want to stress a trait shared by the whole group.
How PRIMATAL is used
Primatal appears mostly in scientific prose about monkeys, apes and related animals.
- The study compared primatal social behaviour across several species.
- Grasping hands are a primatal feature found in many climbing mammals.
- She wrote a thesis on primatal intelligence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRIMATAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRIMATAL
1 longer words begin with PRIMATAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PRIMATAL
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Common questions about PRIMATAL
- Is PRIMATAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRIMATAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRIMATAL worth?
- PRIMATAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRIMATAL mean?
- Belonging to or characteristic of the order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes and humans.
- What letters can be added to PRIMATAL?
- PRIMATAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PRIMATAL:
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