SERAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SERAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SERAIL?
| 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 SERAIL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SERAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
serailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SERAIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SERAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What stands out about SERAIL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SERAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A Turkish palace, especially that of a sultan, or the secluded quarters within it reserved for wives and other female household members.
Serail names the same institution as the more familiar word seraglio, and older travel writing about the Ottoman Empire uses the two almost interchangeably. European visitors to Istanbul described the serail as a walled complex of courtyards and buildings rather than a single room, with the secluded quarters forming only one part of the whole. The word reached English through French, itself borrowing from a Turkish and ultimately Persian source. Modern reference works keep serail mainly as a historical term for describing Ottoman court life rather than any building still in that use today.
How SERAIL is used
Historical; found in older travel writing and reference works about the Ottoman Empire rather than in current speech.
- European travellers described the sultan's serail in great detail.
- The old account calls the palace complex a serail.
- Guards controlled every entrance to the serail.
- The serail housed the court alongside the secluded women's quarters.
- A historian traces how serail and seraglio came to mean the same thing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SERAIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SERAIL
The 6 tiles of SERAIL in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SERAIL
1 longer words begin with SERAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in SERAIL
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Common questions about SERAIL
- Is SERAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SERAIL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SERAIL worth?
- SERAIL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SERAIL mean?
- A Turkish palace, especially that of a sultan, or the secluded quarters within it reserved for wives and other female household members.
- What letters can be added to SERAIL?
- SERAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SERAIL:
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