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NYALA

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NYALA Means

  1. noun: spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NYALA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 Y4 A1 L1 A1.

Words Made From The Letters In NYALA

18 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 (4)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing NYALA

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

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