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NOPAL

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NOPAL Means

  1. noun: cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits
  2. noun: any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NOPAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 P3 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In NOPAL

22 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (3)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (10)

Longer Words Containing NOPAL

NOPAL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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