MISERY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MISERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISERY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISERY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISERY
No single letter turns MISERY into another word.
How MISERY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MISERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does MISERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A state of deep unhappiness or suffering, or a thing that causes it.
Misery can be mental, such as grief or despair, or bodily, such as the discomfort of cold and hunger. It can also name the cause itself, as when a long wet march is called a misery. In British speech a miserable, complaining person is sometimes called a misery, and the word has a long literary history in tales of hardship.
How MISERY is used
Common in everyday and literary English; put someone out of their misery is a well-known idiom.
- The refugees lived in misery for months after the flood.
- The long wait in the rain was pure misery.
- He tried to hide his misery behind a smile.
- Nobody invited the misery who complains at every party.
- The poem describes the misery of the war years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MISERY
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Common questions about MISERY
- Is MISERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISERY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISERY worth?
- MISERY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISERY mean?
- A state of deep unhappiness or suffering, or a thing that causes it.
- What letters can be added to MISERY?
- No single letter can be added to MISERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MISERY:
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