VERONAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VERONAL 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 VERONAL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERONAL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERONAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
veronalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERONAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VERONAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,331.
What does VERONAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalhistorical
A long-acting barbiturate drug formerly used as a sedative and sleeping aid.
Veronal was among the first barbiturates sold for insomnia, and it was popular in the early twentieth century. It is now obsolete in medicine, having been replaced by safer drugs. The generic name for the same compound is barbitone.
How VERONAL is used
Mostly seen in historical and medical writing.
- Doctors once prescribed veronal to help patients sleep.
- The novel mentions a bottle of veronal beside the bed.
- Veronal was an early member of the barbiturate family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERONAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VERONAL
1 longer words begin with VERONAL.
Shorter words from the letters in VERONAL
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Common questions about VERONAL
- Is VERONAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERONAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERONAL worth?
- VERONAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERONAL mean?
- A long-acting barbiturate drug formerly used as a sedative and sleeping aid.
- What letters can be added to VERONAL?
- VERONAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VERONAL:
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