THENAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. THENAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THENAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THENAL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THENAL
No single letter turns THENAL into another word.
How THENAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THENAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about THENAL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 THENAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
An anatomical adjective formed from thenar, used in phrases such as thenal muscles for anything belonging to the ball of the thumb.
Anatomists use thenal as the adjective that goes with the thenar, the muscular bulge on the palm side of the thumb. It turns up mainly in descriptions of hand injuries, nerve compression and surgery. The word is related to the Greek name for the palm and is seen far more in medical writing than in ordinary talk.
How THENAL is used
Rare; found almost only in anatomy and medicine.
- The thenal region of her hand was swollen after the fall.
- Wasting of the thenal muscles can point to nerve trouble.
- The surgeon made a small cut near the thenal crease.
- He felt a thenal ache after hours of typing.
- The report described a thenal scar across the palm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THENAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THENAL
The 6 tiles of THENAL in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in THENAL
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Common questions about THENAL
- Is THENAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THENAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THENAL worth?
- THENAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THENAL mean?
- An anatomical adjective formed from thenar, used in phrases such as thenal muscles for anything belonging to the ball of the thumb.
- What letters can be added to THENAL?
- No single letter can be added to THENAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THENAL:
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