SCALL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SCALL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCALL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCALL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCALL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCALL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does SCALL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicmedicalhistorical
A scabby, itching disease of the scalp, formerly a general name for such skin eruptions.
A scall covered the skin of the scalp with crusted scabs and constant itching, and healers before modern dermatology used the word loosely for almost any scabby eruption there, not just one specific illness. The Bible describes scall among the skin conditions a priest had to examine and judge clean or unclean, which kept the word alive in English translations long after doctors stopped using it clinically. Related words survive nearby: scurf, meaning ordinary flaking skin or dandruff, and scald head, an old folk name for a similar scalp condition in children. Modern medicine has replaced scall with precise names such as ringworm or favus, so the word now belongs to older texts rather than to a doctor's vocabulary.
How SCALL is used
Obsolete in medical use; met mainly in older texts, biblical translations and historical accounts of skin disease.
- The old herbal recommended a tar ointment for scall of the scalp.
- The priest examined the child's head for signs of scall, as the law required.
- Village healers treated scall with washes of vinegar and salt.
- Historians noted how common scall was among children in crowded, dirty towns.
- The translation renders the Hebrew word as scall rather than as a modern disease name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCALL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCALL
The 5 tiles of SCALL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCALL
19 longer words begin with SCALL.
Words ending in SCALL
1 words end in SCALL. Useful as a back hook: play SCALL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCALL inside
19 words contain SCALL in the middle. Words that start with SCALL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCALL
Common questions about SCALL
- Is SCALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCALL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCALL worth?
- SCALL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCALL mean?
- A scabby, itching disease of the scalp, formerly a general name for such skin eruptions.
- What letters can be added to SCALL?
- SCALL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCALL:
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