What PALATAL Means
- adjective: relating to or lying near the palate“palatal index”
- adjective: produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as ‘y’) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as ‘ch’ in ‘chin’ or ‘j’ in ‘gin’)
- noun: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word ‘yeast’)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PALATAL 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 P3 A1 L1 A1 T1 A1 L1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PALATAL
30 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.
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (9)
3 letter words (11)
2 letter words (6)
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