PYRAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. PYRAL 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PYRAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYRAL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYRAL
No single letter turns PYRAL into another word.
How PYRAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PYRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does PYRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Of or relating to a pyre, the stacked pile of wood on which a body is ceremonially burned.
Pyral turns the noun pyre into a describing word, so writers use it for the smoke, flame, or ritual that surrounds a funeral burning rather than for fire in general. The word stays close to its narrow root sense and is not used loosely for bonfires or hearths. Because cremation on an open pyre is now rare outside particular religious and historical settings, pyral is mostly met in literary, historical, or anthropological writing rather than in everyday English.
How PYRAL is used
Rare and literary; limited to descriptions connected with a funeral pyre rather than fire more broadly.
- The chronicle describes the pyral smoke rising over the hillside.
- Historians studied the pyral rites of the ancient warriors.
- The poem lingers on pyral flames consuming the fallen king.
- Few modern funerals involve any pyral custom at all.
- Archaeologists found ash from a pyral site near the old fort.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYRAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PYRAL
The 5 tiles of PYRAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PYRAL
6 longer words begin with PYRAL.
Words ending in PYRAL
1 words end in PYRAL. Useful as a back hook: play PYRAL onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PYRAL
Common questions about PYRAL
- Is PYRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PYRAL is not in it.
- How many points is PYRAL worth?
- PYRAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYRAL mean?
- Of or relating to a pyre, the stacked pile of wood on which a body is ceremonially burned.
- What letters can be added to PYRAL?
- No single letter can be added to PYRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PYRAL:
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