THRALL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. THRALL 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 THRALL?
| 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 THRALL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THRALL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thrallsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THRALL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THRALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What stands out about THRALL
- THRALL gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THRALL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A person held in bondage, or someone completely under the control of a person or an idea.
In medieval Scandinavia and England a thrall was a slave or serf who belonged to a lord and could be bought or sold. The word survives mostly in a figurative sense, as in being in thrall to a leader, a habit or a piece of music. The related noun thraldom names the state of such bondage. The word came into English from Old Norse.
How THRALL is used
Literary or historical; most often in the phrase in thrall to.
- The thrall carried water to the hall every morning.
- The audience sat in thrall to the singer.
- He became a thrall to his phone and to its endless alerts.
- The saga tells of a freed thrall who rose to be a chieftain.
- She remained a thrall to her own ambition.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THRALL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THRALL
5 longer words begin with THRALL.
Shorter words from the letters in THRALL
Common questions about THRALL
- Is THRALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THRALL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THRALL worth?
- THRALL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THRALL mean?
- A person held in bondage, or someone completely under the control of a person or an idea.
- What letters can be added to THRALL?
- THRALL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THRALL:
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