MACACO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MACACO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MACACO?
| 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 MACACO is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MACACO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
macacosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MACACO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MACACO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does MACACO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A kind of lemur; the name is applied to several lemur species, including the black lemur, whose Latin species name is macaco.
Macaco comes from a word used for monkeys in Portuguese and related languages, and it passed into English as a name for certain lemurs. Lemurs are primates native to Madagascar, and the macaco is among the larger and more colourful of them. In some dictionaries the entry simply points to macaque, a different monkey, which is a source of confusion.
How MACACO is used
Rare; found in zoology references and word lists rather than in everyday speech.
- The guide pointed out a macaco sitting high in the branches.
- A macaco has a long tail and a fox-like face.
- The zoo opened a new enclosure for the macaco.
- Early naturalists described the macaco in their travel journals.
- Few visitors could tell a macaco from a monkey at first glance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MACACO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MACACO
1 longer words begin with MACACO.
Shorter words from the letters in MACACO
Common questions about MACACO
- Is MACACO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MACACO, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MACACO worth?
- MACACO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MACACO mean?
- A kind of lemur; the name is applied to several lemur species, including the black lemur, whose Latin species name is macaco.
- What letters can be added to MACACO?
- MACACO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MACACO:
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