VANDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VANDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VANDAL?
| 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 VANDAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VANDAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vandalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VANDAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VANDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does VANDAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who deliberately damages or destroys property that belongs to someone else.
The word began as the name of a Germanic people who crossed Gaul and Spain into North Africa and sacked Rome in the year 455. Later writers, especially in the eighteenth century, took the tribe as a symbol of wanton destruction, and the common noun grew out of that image. Today a vandal need not wreck anything grand: spray paint on a wall or a smashed bus shelter is enough.
How VANDAL is used
Everyday word; the capitalised form Vandal refers to the ancient people.
- A vandal had scratched the paint along the whole length of the car.
- The council offered a reward for information about the vandal.
- No vandal had touched the statue in all those years.
- The park keeper chased the vandal across the football field.
- History books describe the Vandal kingdom that once ruled Carthage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VANDAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VANDAL
18 longer words begin with VANDAL.
Shorter words from the letters in VANDAL
Common questions about VANDAL
- Is VANDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VANDAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VANDAL worth?
- VANDAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VANDAL mean?
- A person who deliberately damages or destroys property that belongs to someone else.
- What letters can be added to VANDAL?
- VANDAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VANDAL:
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