SHOAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHOAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOAL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOAL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHOAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about SHOAL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SHOAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large group of fish swimming together, or a shallow area of water, especially a sandbank or ridge lying near the surface; also used as a verb meaning to form such a group or to become shallow.
Anglers and nature writers use shoal loosely for any sizeable group of fish, though marine biologists reserve a closer term, school, for fish swimming in tight, coordinated formation, while a looser, more casual gathering counts simply as a shoal. Sailors use the same word in a very different sense, warning of a shoal where the sea bottom rises close enough to the surface to threaten a passing boat, and a chart marked shoal water tells a navigator to proceed with caution. A river can also shoal as it nears its mouth, the channel growing shallower where sediment has built up over time. Both senses, the fish and the shallow water, ultimately share the old idea of a crowded or shallow place.
How SHOAL is used
Common in writing about fish and marine life, and, in a related sense, in nautical warnings about shallow water near a coast or riverbed.
- A shoal of silver fish darted past the diver.
- The chart warned of a shoal just outside the harbour entrance.
- Fishermen followed the shoal along the coast for miles.
- The river began to shoal as it approached the delta.
- Hundreds of small fish moved together in a tight shoal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHOAL
The 5 tiles of SHOAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHOAL
14 longer words begin with SHOAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOAL
Common questions about SHOAL
- Is SHOAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOAL worth?
- SHOAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOAL mean?
- A large group of fish swimming together, or a shallow area of water, especially a sandbank or ridge lying near the surface; also used as a verb meaning to form such a group or to become shallow.
- What letters can be added to SHOAL?
- SHOAL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHOAL:
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