PUPARIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PUPARIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUPARIAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUPARIAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUPARIAL
No single letter turns PUPARIAL into another word.
How PUPARIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PUPARIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PUPARIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PUPARIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to the hardened last larval skin that encloses the pupa of certain insects.
Puparial refers to the puparium, the case formed by flies and some other insects in which the pupa develops. More loosely it can mean connected with the pupal stage. It is a word for entomology papers.
How PUPARIAL is used
Puparial is a specialist entomology term.
- The puparial case split open as the fly emerged.
- A puparial stage follows the final larval moult.
- The researcher measured puparial length in the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUPARIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PUPARIAL
- Is PUPARIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUPARIAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUPARIAL worth?
- PUPARIAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUPARIAL mean?
- Relating to the hardened last larval skin that encloses the pupa of certain insects.
- What letters can be added to PUPARIAL?
- No single letter can be added to PUPARIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PUPARIAL:
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