What NOPALES Means
NOPALES is a form of NOPAL, which means:
- noun: cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits
- noun: any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NOPALES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 P3 A1 L1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of NOPALES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In NOPALES
228 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.
6 letter words (9)
5 letter words (59)
4 letter words (86)
3 letter words (53)
2 letter words (21)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.