TONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TONAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TONAL?
| 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 TONAL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TONAL
Front hooks — 1
atonalBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TONAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about TONAL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 TONAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Relating to tone, especially the arrangement of musical pitches around a central key.
Music described as tonal is organised around a home key or tonic, with other notes and chords understood in relation to that centre, unlike music built on other systems that avoid any such centre. The same word extends beyond music to describe qualities of colour or writing, as when a critic points out a subtle tonal shift between two paintings. Linguists also use tonal for languages such as Mandarin or Yoruba, where changing the pitch of a syllable changes its meaning rather than merely its emphasis. Because the word covers such different fields, a reader usually needs the surrounding sentence to know whether tonal refers to music, colour or speech.
How TONAL is used
Describes anything organised around tone, most often music built around a key, but also colour, writing style or pitch-based languages.
- The symphony returns firmly to its tonal centre in the final movement.
- The painter used a narrow tonal range of greys and browns.
- Mandarin is a tonal language in which pitch changes meaning.
- Critics noted a tonal shift between the first and second chapters.
- The choir struggled to stay within the tonal structure of the piece.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TONAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TONAL
The 5 tiles of TONAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TONAL
7 longer words begin with TONAL.
Words ending in TONAL
9 words end in TONAL. Useful as a back hook: play TONAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with TONAL inside
22 words contain TONAL in the middle. Words that start with TONAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TONAL
Common questions about TONAL
- Is TONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TONAL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TONAL worth?
- TONAL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TONAL mean?
- Relating to tone, especially the arrangement of musical pitches around a central key.
- What letters can be added to TONAL?
- TONAL takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TONAL:
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