TARSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TARSAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARSAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARSAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARSAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tarsalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TARSAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TARSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about TARSAL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 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 TARSAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalzoology
Of or relating to the tarsus, the group of bones forming the ankle and heel, or, in insects, the foot segment of a leg.
Tarsal is the standard adjective doctors and anatomists use whenever they need to refer to the ankle region without naming a single bone, as in tarsal joint or tarsal bone. Entomologists borrow the same word for the tarsal segments of an insect's leg, which sit at the very end of the limb much as the tarsus does in a vertebrate foot. As a noun, tarsal can also stand for one of the individual bones of the tarsus itself.
How TARSAL is used
A technical term used in anatomy, medicine and entomology rather than in everyday speech.
- The scan showed a fracture of the tarsal bone.
- Physiotherapy focused on regaining movement in the tarsal joint.
- The beetle's tarsal segments end in a pair of small claws.
- Vets check tarsal alignment when a horse favours one leg.
- The textbook diagram labels each tarsal bone of the human foot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARSAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TARSAL
The 6 tiles of TARSAL in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with TARSAL
3 longer words begin with TARSAL.
Shorter words from the letters in TARSAL
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Common questions about TARSAL
- Is TARSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARSAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARSAL worth?
- TARSAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARSAL mean?
- Of or relating to the tarsus, the group of bones forming the ankle and heel, or, in insects, the foot segment of a leg.
- What letters can be added to TARSAL?
- TARSAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TARSAL:
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