MAC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAC?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAC is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAC scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does MAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A raincoat, in casual British speech.
Mac is short for mackintosh, and that word carries the name of the man who patented rubberised cloth in 1823 — with a letter added that his own surname did not have. The spelling mistake became the standard form and has stayed that way for two centuries.
How MAC is used
Countable: a mac, two macs. Chiefly British.
- He wore the same mac in every photograph.
- A mac keeps the rain out and the heat in.
- The mac was folded into a bag the size of a fist.
- Two macs on the hook and neither of them dry.
- The word mac has a spelling mistake inside it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAC
The 3 tiles of MAC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MAC
Showing 24 of 372 words that begin with MAC.
Words ending in MAC
4 words end in MAC. Useful as a back hook: play MAC onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAC inside
Showing 24 of 274 words that contain MAC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MAC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAC
Common questions about MAC
- Is MAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAC worth?
- MAC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAC mean?
- A raincoat, in casual British speech.
- What letters can be added to MAC?
- MAC takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MAC:
Open MAC in the Word Finder