TEPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TEPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEPAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEPAL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEPAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tepalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEPAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TEPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about TEPAL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 7 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 TEPAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
One of the segments forming the outer part of a flower when the petals and sepals cannot be told apart from one another.
In flowers such as lilies and tulips, botanists cannot cleanly separate the petals from the sepals because both rings look and function alike, so they call each individual segment a tepal instead. A tepal often serves the same purpose as a petal, attracting pollinators with color, while also offering the protective role usually associated with a sepal. Botanical guides commonly refer to a flower as having six tepals when describing plants in the lily family.
How TEPAL is used
A specialized botanical term used when a flower's petals and sepals look alike and cannot be distinguished.
- Each tepal on the lily curved gracefully outward.
- The tulip flower is made up of six tepals.
- Botanists counted the tepals to identify the species.
- A single tepal had wilted in the afternoon heat.
- The guidebook described the tepal arrangement in detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEPAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEPAL
The 5 tiles of TEPAL in a different order — 7 found.
Words starting with TEPAL
1 longer words begin with TEPAL.
Shorter words from the letters in TEPAL
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Common questions about TEPAL
- Is TEPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEPAL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEPAL worth?
- TEPAL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEPAL mean?
- One of the segments forming the outer part of a flower when the petals and sepals cannot be told apart from one another.
- What letters can be added to TEPAL?
- TEPAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TEPAL:
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