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Is coal a Scrabble word?

Yes, coal is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of coal?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.Examples: "The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted."; "Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed."uncountable

2. (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.Examples: "Put some coal on the fire."; "Order some coal from the coalyard."countable

3. (countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)Examples: "Put some coals on the fire."countable

4. (countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.Examples: "hot coals"; "glowing coals"; "Just as the campfire died down to just coals, with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed."countable

5. (Internet slang) Content of low quality.Examples: "I'm so sick of seeing this coal online."Internetcountableuncountable

6. (military slang, World War I– World War II) Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.countableslanguncountable

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).Examples: "1863, Colonial Secretary to Commander Baldwin, USN shortly after that she coaled again at Simon's Bay; and that after remaining in the neighbourhood of our ports for a time, she proceeded to Mauritius, where she coaled again, and then returned to this colony."; "Our next stopping-place was Newcastle, and here we coaled in earnest, for the steamer was flying light, and was loaded up in every available place."; "The light shook and splintered in the puddles. A red glare came from an outward-bound steamer that was coaling."intransitive

2. (transitive) To supply with coal.Examples: "to coal a steamer"; "January 1917, National Geographic Magazine, Volume 31 Number 1, One Hundred British Seaports Cruisers may be coaled at sea and provided with ammunition openly. The submarine may not"; "After working the 1.30 p.m. through train from Forres to Aberdeen as far as Elgin, she returns tender first with a local passenger train and is then coaled and watered at Forres shed, and eventually works back to Perth on the 10.20 p.m. through freight."transitive

3. (intransitive) To be converted to charcoal.Examples: "After the initial burn the goal of any good fire should be coaling; that is, creating a bed of solid coals that will sustain the fire."; "As a result, particles of wood and twigs insufficiently coaled are frequently found at the bottom of such pits."intransitive

4. (transitive) To burn to charcoal; to char.Examples: "Char-coal of roots, coaled into great pieces."transitive

5. (transitive) To mark or delineate with charcoal.Examples: "[…] marvailing, he coaled out these rithms upon the wall near to the picture"transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "coal"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "coal"?

Scrabble
6 points
C3
O1
A1
L1
Words With Friends
8 points
C4
O1
A1
L2

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