ZYGAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 18 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZYGAL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 18 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZYGAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZYGAL is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZYGAL
No single letter turns ZYGAL into another word.
How ZYGAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZYGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does ZYGAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Shaped like the letter H, with two upright parts joined by a crossbar.
The word zygal is used to describe a pattern or structure built around a central crossbar, such as certain markings on an insect's wing. It comes from the Greek word for a yoke, which has the same basic H-like shape.
How ZYGAL is used
Specialist descriptive term, found mainly in natural history and anatomical description.
- The wing bore a faint zygal marking near its centre.
- A zygal band crossed the pale surface of the shell.
- The illustrator sketched the zygal outline of the specimen.
- Under the lens, the zygal pattern became easier to trace.
- Few other markings on the wing were as clearly zygal as this one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZYGAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZYGAL
The 5 tiles of ZYGAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in ZYGAL
1 words end in ZYGAL. Useful as a back hook: play ZYGAL onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ZYGAL
Common questions about ZYGAL
- Is ZYGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZYGAL is not in it.
- How many points is ZYGAL worth?
- ZYGAL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZYGAL mean?
- Shaped like the letter H, with two upright parts joined by a crossbar.
- What letters can be added to ZYGAL?
- No single letter can be added to ZYGAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZYGAL:
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