MAIDEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MAIDEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAIDEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAIDEN is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAIDEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maidensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAIDEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MAIDEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about MAIDEN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 6 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MAIDEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young unmarried woman or girl; in cricket, an over in which the batting side scores no runs.
In older and poetic writing a maiden is a girl of marriageable age, and the word fills ballads, fairy tales and legends. As an adjective it has a wider sense of first or earliest, as in a maiden voyage or a maiden speech. Cricket commentators use the noun for a tidy spell of bowling where the bowler concedes nothing.
How MAIDEN is used
Literary for a young woman; neutral and common in cricket and in phrases like maiden voyage.
- The tale tells of a maiden who lived beside the sea.
- He bowled a maiden in the very first over.
- The ship set off on her maiden voyage in spring.
- A carved maiden decorated the front of the boat.
- The commentator praised the maiden as perfectly accurate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAIDEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAIDEN
The 6 tiles of MAIDEN in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with MAIDEN
16 longer words begin with MAIDEN.
Shorter words from the letters in MAIDEN
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Common questions about MAIDEN
- Is MAIDEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAIDEN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAIDEN worth?
- MAIDEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAIDEN mean?
- A young unmarried woman or girl; in cricket, an over in which the batting side scores no runs.
- What letters can be added to MAIDEN?
- MAIDEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MAIDEN:
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