noun

Is QAWWAL a Scrabble word?

Yes, in one Scrabble list. QAWWAL is valid in Collins, but not in ENABLE and NWL2023. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends.

Not in NWL Collins Not in ENABLE

Meaning A person who performs qawwali music or song.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A person who performs qawwali music or song.

    “2000: Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, et al, eds, World Music: The Rough Guide, volume two of the new edition What does It mean to be a qawwal?”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: qawwal via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّال (qawwāl).

QAWWAL at a glance

QAWWAL has 6 letters and scores 21 points in Scrabble (Q 10 + A 1 + W 4 + W 4 + A 1 + L 1) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #906,916 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -WAL

More endings

Same last three letters as QAWWAL. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • WITHDRAWAL20
  • RENEWAL10
  • DISAVOWAL16
  • BESTOWAL13
  • AVOWAL12
  • SAHIWAL13
  • COWAL10
  • KOTWAL13
  • TWAL7
  • NARWAL9
  • NONRENEWAL13
  • COTWAL11

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