MEAGRE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MEAGRE 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 MEAGRE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEAGRE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEAGRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEAGRE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEAGRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 55,745.
What does MEAGRE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Small in amount or poor in quality, falling short of what is needed.
A meagre meal, wage or reward leaves the person who gets it wanting more. The word can also describe a thin, lean body. The spelling meagre is the British form; meager is the usual American one. Meagre is also the name of a large Mediterranean food fish with white flesh, which is a separate noun sense.
How MEAGRE is used
Common in careful writing; often paired with income, rations, evidence or praise.
- They lived on a meagre income.
- The soup was a meagre supper for such a long day.
- The evidence against him was meagre.
- A meagre crop followed the dry summer.
- Her meagre savings did not last the winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEAGRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MEAGRE
The 6 tiles of MEAGRE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MEAGRE
6 longer words begin with MEAGRE.
Shorter words from the letters in MEAGRE
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Common questions about MEAGRE
- Is MEAGRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEAGRE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEAGRE worth?
- MEAGRE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEAGRE mean?
- Small in amount or poor in quality, falling short of what is needed.
- What letters can be added to MEAGRE?
- MEAGRE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEAGRE:
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