SURPRISAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SURPRISAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURPRISAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURPRISAL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURPRISAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
surprisalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SURPRISAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SURPRISAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SURPRISAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SURPRISAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The act of surprising, or the state of being surprised.
Surprisal is a rarer cousin of surprise and has an old-fashioned feel. In information theory it also names how unexpected an event is, measured in bits.
How SURPRISAL is used
Rare in general writing, found mostly in older prose and in information theory, where surprisal is a technical quantity.
- His voice carried a note of surprisal.
- The magician relied on the surprisal of the crowd.
- Rare words carry high surprisal in a sentence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURPRISAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SURPRISAL
1 longer words begin with SURPRISAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SURPRISAL
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Common questions about SURPRISAL
- Is SURPRISAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURPRISAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURPRISAL worth?
- SURPRISAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURPRISAL mean?
- The act of surprising, or the state of being surprised.
- What letters can be added to SURPRISAL?
- SURPRISAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SURPRISAL:
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