What SPIRAL Means
- noun: a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
- noun: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
- verb: to wind or move in a spiral course“the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”
- verb: form a spiral“The path spirals up the mountain”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SPIRAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 I1 R1 A1 L1.
Anagrams of SPIRAL (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SPIRAL
100 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 (17)
4 letter words (41)
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3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (10)
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