RINKHALS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RINKHALS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RINKHALS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RINKHALS is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RINKHALS
No single letter turns RINKHALS into another word.
How RINKHALS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RINKHALS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RINKHALS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RINKHALS
- All 8 letters of RINKHALS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RINKHALS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A venomous southern African cobra that can spit its venom and often feigns death.
The rinkhals takes its Afrikaans name from the pale rings on its throat. When threatened it may rear up and spit, and if that fails it plays dead on its back, a trick that makes the rinkhals one of the more theatrical snakes of the region.
How RINKHALS is used
Rinkhals is used in herpetology and in South African English.
- The rinkhals reared up and sprayed venom toward the intruder.
- A rinkhals will sometimes play dead when cornered.
- The guide pointed out the white bands on the rinkhals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RINKHALS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RINKHALS
1 longer words begin with RINKHALS.
Shorter words from the letters in RINKHALS
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Common questions about RINKHALS
- Is RINKHALS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RINKHALS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RINKHALS worth?
- RINKHALS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RINKHALS mean?
- A venomous southern African cobra that can spit its venom and often feigns death.
- What letters can be added to RINKHALS?
- No single letter can be added to RINKHALS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RINKHALS:
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