SPALL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPALL 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 SPALL?
| 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 SPALL 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 SPALL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPALL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does SPALL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A chip or fragment, especially of rock, ore, or stone, that breaks off from a larger mass.
Spall forms when weathering, heat, pressure, or a direct blow causes a thin, sharp-edged piece to snap away from stone, brick, or metal ore. Builders and geologists both use the word: a mason worries about spall flaking off a damaged wall, while a miner watches ore spall away during crushing. The related verb to spall describes the very process of producing these fragments, as when frost or fire makes concrete surfaces crack and shed pieces. Two Scots dialect spellings of the same word, spale and spail, refer to the identical splinter or chip.
How SPALL is used
Common in construction, geology, and mining writing when describing broken-off fragments of stone or ore.
- A sharp spall of granite lay at the base of the cliff after the frost.
- Workers wore goggles to protect against flying spall during the demolition.
- The old bridge showed spall where salt and ice had damaged the concrete.
- Miners collected the spall left over after crushing the raw ore.
- Repeated freezing caused the stone wall to spall along its exposed face.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPALL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPALL
The 5 tiles of SPALL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPALL
11 longer words begin with SPALL.
Shorter words from the letters in SPALL
Common questions about SPALL
- Is SPALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPALL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPALL worth?
- SPALL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPALL mean?
- A chip or fragment, especially of rock, ore, or stone, that breaks off from a larger mass.
- What letters can be added to SPALL?
- SPALL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPALL:
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