TARNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TARNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARNAL?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARNAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARNAL
No single letter turns TARNAL into another word.
How TARNAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TARNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does TARNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialectarchaic
Used, mainly in older American rural speech, as a mild intensifier meaning damned or extremely, as a softened form of eternal.
Tarnal grew out of eternal by way of the euphemism tarnation, and speakers used it as a way to swear without using a stronger, more direct word for damnation. It could work either as an adjective, describing an annoying person or thing, or as an adverb meaning very or extremely, as in tarnal glad. The word is strongly associated with nineteenth-century American rural dialect writing and is rarely heard today outside that context.
How TARNAL is used
A dialect and archaic intensifier, met mainly in older American rural fiction and dialogue rather than in current speech.
- He called it a tarnal nuisance and slammed the door.
- The old farmer was tarnal proud of his prize pumpkin.
- She said the mule was a tarnal fool of an animal.
- It was a tarnal cold morning to be out fishing.
- The story is full of tarnal this and tarnal that, in the old country style.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARNAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TARNAL
The 6 tiles of TARNAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TARNAL
1 longer words begin with TARNAL.
Shorter words from the letters in TARNAL
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Common questions about TARNAL
- Is TARNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARNAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARNAL worth?
- TARNAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARNAL mean?
- Used, mainly in older American rural speech, as a mild intensifier meaning damned or extremely, as a softened form of eternal.
- What letters can be added to TARNAL?
- No single letter can be added to TARNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TARNAL:
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