RAINFALL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RAINFALL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAINFALL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAINFALL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAINFALL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rainfallsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAINFALL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RAINFALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAINFALL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAINFALL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The amount of rain that falls in a place over a given time.
Rainfall is measured in millimetres or inches with a rain gauge and compared month by month or year by year. Farmers, water companies and climate scientists all rely on these records.
How RAINFALL is used
Used in weather reports, farming and climate science.
- Annual rainfall in the valley is about nine hundred millimetres.
- Heavy rainfall caused flooding in several villages.
- Below-average rainfall left the reservoirs low.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAINFALL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAINFALL
1 longer words begin with RAINFALL.
Shorter words from the letters in RAINFALL
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Common questions about RAINFALL
- Is RAINFALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAINFALL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAINFALL worth?
- RAINFALL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAINFALL mean?
- The amount of rain that falls in a place over a given time.
- What letters can be added to RAINFALL?
- RAINFALL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RAINFALL:
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