SUBORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SUBORAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBORAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBORAL is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBORAL
No single letter turns SUBORAL into another word.
How SUBORAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SUBORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does SUBORAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Situated beneath the mouth.
Suboral is an anatomical and zoological position term, the counterpart of words like subocular. It marks something on the lower side of the mouth, such as a small plate or spot on a fish or insect. A speaker would not use it for anything spoken, which is the sense of plain oral.
How SUBORAL is used
A specialist adjective used in descriptions of animal anatomy.
- The fish has a small suboral barbel.
- A suboral spot marks the head of this species.
- The suboral region of the larva was examined under the lens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBORAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUBORAL
The 7 tiles of SUBORAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBORAL
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Common questions about SUBORAL
- Is SUBORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBORAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBORAL worth?
- SUBORAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBORAL mean?
- Situated beneath the mouth.
- What letters can be added to SUBORAL?
- No single letter can be added to SUBORAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SUBORAL:
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