TYPAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TYPAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TYPAL?
| 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 TYPAL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TYPAL
No single letter turns TYPAL into another word.
How TYPAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TYPAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about TYPAL
- 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 TYPAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to, characteristic of, or serving as a type; typical of a particular class or category.
Typal describes something that represents or embodies the defining features of a type, close in meaning to typical but used in a narrower, more formal sense. It appears mainly in older or specialised writing, particularly in discussions of classification, where a typal example is one taken as representative of a whole category or condition. Because typical now covers almost all the same ground in everyday English, typal has become rare and largely fallen out of ordinary use. Where it does survive, it usually signals a slightly more technical or old-fashioned register than typical would.
How TYPAL is used
Rare, found mainly in older or specialised writing about classification rather than in everyday speech.
- The report described the case as typal of the condition's early stage.
- Researchers chose a typal specimen to represent the whole species.
- The symptoms were regarded as typal rather than unusual.
- Older textbooks called such a pattern a typal arrangement.
- The lecturer used the word typal instead of the more familiar typical.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TYPAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TYPAL
The 5 tiles of TYPAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in TYPAL
5 words end in TYPAL. Useful as a back hook: play TYPAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with TYPAL inside
1 words contain TYPAL in the middle. Words that start with TYPAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TYPAL
Common questions about TYPAL
- Is TYPAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TYPAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TYPAL worth?
- TYPAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TYPAL mean?
- Relating to, characteristic of, or serving as a type; typical of a particular class or category.
- What letters can be added to TYPAL?
- No single letter can be added to TYPAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TYPAL:
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