TAPETAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TAPETAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAPETAL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAPETAL is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAPETAL
No single letter turns TAPETAL into another word.
How TAPETAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TAPETAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 308,788.
What does TAPETAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a tapetum, the layer of cells or the reflective layer found in plants and in the eyes of some animals.
Tapetal is a technical word used by biologists in two quite separate settings. In plants it concerns the tissue that nourishes developing spores, and in animal eyes it concerns the layer that reflects light and makes the eyes shine at night.
How TAPETAL is used
Tapetal appears in botany and in descriptions of animal eyes, almost always in the phrase tapetal layer.
- The tapetal layer in a cat's eye reflects light back across the retina.
- Tapetal cells in the anther feed the developing pollen grains.
- Researchers measured tapetal shine in several nocturnal animals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAPETAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TAPETAL
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Common questions about TAPETAL
- Is TAPETAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAPETAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAPETAL worth?
- TAPETAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAPETAL mean?
- Relating to a tapetum, the layer of cells or the reflective layer found in plants and in the eyes of some animals.
- What letters can be added to TAPETAL?
- No single letter can be added to TAPETAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TAPETAL:
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