SANGRAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SANGRAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANGRAIL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANGRAIL is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANGRAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sangrailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANGRAIL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SANGRAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SANGRAIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SANGRAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
In medieval legend, the cup or dish used by Christ at the Last Supper and sought by knights; also anything eagerly pursued.
The sangrail drives the quests of Arthurian tales, where knights search for years to find it. Writers also use sangrail loosely for any goal chased with great devotion.
How SANGRAIL is used
An old spelling of the Holy Grail, found in older literature and in figurative use.
- The knights swore to find the sangrail before winter.
- For the scholar, the lost manuscript was a kind of sangrail.
- The poem describes a vision of the sangrail in a chapel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANGRAIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SANGRAIL
The 8 tiles of SANGRAIL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SANGRAIL
1 longer words begin with SANGRAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in SANGRAIL
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Common questions about SANGRAIL
- Is SANGRAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANGRAIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANGRAIL worth?
- SANGRAIL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANGRAIL mean?
- In medieval legend, the cup or dish used by Christ at the Last Supper and sought by knights; also anything eagerly pursued.
- What letters can be added to SANGRAIL?
- SANGRAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SANGRAIL:
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