SALAL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SALAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALAL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
salalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SALAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does SALAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen shrub of the heath family, native to the Pacific coast of North America, with leathery leaves and dark edible berries.
Salal grows thickly in the understory of Pacific coastal forests, from California north into British Columbia and Alaska, where its tough leaves and berries once formed part of the diet of coastal Indigenous peoples. Florists prize the glossy, long-lasting leaves as greenery for bouquets, which has turned wild salal harvesting into a small but real export trade. The dark purple berries can also be eaten fresh or made into jam, though they taste rather bland compared with more familiar berries.
How SALAL is used
Found in writing about Pacific Northwest plants, foraging and the floral greenery trade rather than in general conversation.
- Deer browsed on the salal growing beneath the tall firs.
- The florist added sprigs of salal to the bouquet.
- She gathered salal berries to make a batch of jam.
- Thick salal covered the forest floor along the coastal trail.
- Indigenous communities traditionally harvested salal for food and medicine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SALAL
1 longer words begin with SALAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SALAL
Common questions about SALAL
- Is SALAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALAL worth?
- SALAL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALAL mean?
- An evergreen shrub of the heath family, native to the Pacific coast of North America, with leathery leaves and dark edible berries.
- What letters can be added to SALAL?
- SALAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SALAL:
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