SPATHAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SPATHAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPATHAL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPATHAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPATHAL
No single letter turns SPATHAL into another word.
How SPATHAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SPATHAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What stands out about SPATHAL
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 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 SPATHAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having a spathe, the large leaf-like bract that wraps a flower cluster.
Spathal is a botanical term for plants such as arums and palms, whose small flowers sit inside a sheathing bract. It is seldom used outside plant science.
How SPATHAL is used
Spathal appears in botanical descriptions of flowers with a spathe.
- The botanist noted the spathal flowers of the arum.
- A spathal structure protects the young blooms.
- The palm was easy to identify by its spathal sheath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPATHAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPATHAL
The 7 tiles of SPATHAL in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SPATHAL
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Common questions about SPATHAL
- Is SPATHAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPATHAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPATHAL worth?
- SPATHAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPATHAL mean?
- Having a spathe, the large leaf-like bract that wraps a flower cluster.
- What letters can be added to SPATHAL?
- No single letter can be added to SPATHAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SPATHAL:
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