PUPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PUPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUPAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUPAL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUPAL
No single letter turns PUPAL into another word.
How PUPAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does PUPAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to a pupa, the resting stage of an insect's development between the larval and adult forms.
During the pupal stage, an insect such as a moth or beetle stops feeding and undergoes a dramatic transformation inside a protective case or cocoon, emerging later as a fully formed adult. Biologists study the pupal period closely because it is when the insect's body is restructured almost completely, tissue by tissue. Farmers and gardeners sometimes time pest control around the pupal stage, since insects are often more vulnerable before or after it than during it.
How PUPAL is used
Pupal is a technical term used mainly in biology and entomology when discussing insect development.
- The caterpillar entered its pupal stage inside a silken cocoon.
- Researchers measured how temperature affected the pupal period of the moths.
- The insect spends nearly two weeks in the pupal form before emerging.
- Pupal cases littered the branch after the butterflies had hatched.
- Farmers timed their spraying to avoid the beetle's pupal stage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUPAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PUPAL
1 words end in PUPAL. Useful as a back hook: play PUPAL onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PUPAL
Common questions about PUPAL
- Is PUPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUPAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUPAL worth?
- PUPAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUPAL mean?
- Relating to a pupa, the resting stage of an insect's development between the larval and adult forms.
- What letters can be added to PUPAL?
- No single letter can be added to PUPAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUPAL:
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