PYGAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PYGAL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PYGAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYGAL is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYGAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pygalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYGAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PYGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does PYGAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
The small bony plate at the rear midline of a turtle shell, behind the last pair of marginal plates.
Herpetologists use pygal to name and count exactly this one plate when describing or identifying a shell. Its shape and number of neighbouring scutes can help tell related turtle species apart, which is why the term appears mainly in scientific keys rather than everyday writing.
How PYGAL is used
A specialist anatomical term, met almost only in works on turtle and tortoise shells.
- The guide identified the species by the shape of the pygal.
- A single pygal sits at the rear edge of the carapace.
- The fossil shell was missing its pygal entirely.
- Researchers measured the pygal against nearby marginal plates.
- The pygal in this species is unusually narrow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYGAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYGAL
1 longer words begin with PYGAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PYGAL
Common questions about PYGAL
- Is PYGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PYGAL is not in it.
- How many points is PYGAL worth?
- PYGAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYGAL mean?
- The small bony plate at the rear midline of a turtle shell, behind the last pair of marginal plates.
- What letters can be added to PYGAL?
- PYGAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PYGAL:
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