WADMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WADMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WADMAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WADMAL is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WADMAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wadmalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WADMAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WADMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does WADMAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A thick, coarse woollen cloth, once used for sturdy winter clothing.
Wadmal was a heavy fabric woven from rough wool and finished with a thick nap, so that it kept out wind and cold. It was associated above all with Scandinavia and northern England, where farmers and sailors wore garments cut from it. The word came into English from Old Norse, and the cloth is now remembered mainly in historical writing about trade and dress.
How WADMAL is used
Historical; appears in studies of medieval trade and in descriptions of old working clothes.
- Icelandic farmers once paid their taxes in lengths of wadmal.
- The coat was cut from grey wadmal and lined with fur.
- He pulled a hood of wadmal over his ears against the wind.
- Merchants sold wadmal at the harbour market each spring.
- A bolt of wadmal was worth more than a sheep in that valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WADMAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WADMAL
1 longer words begin with WADMAL.
Shorter words from the letters in WADMAL
Common questions about WADMAL
- Is WADMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WADMAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WADMAL worth?
- WADMAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WADMAL mean?
- A thick, coarse woollen cloth, once used for sturdy winter clothing.
- What letters can be added to WADMAL?
- WADMAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WADMAL:
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