MACE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MACE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MACE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MACE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MACE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MACE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MACE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about MACE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 MACE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heavy club used as a weapon or symbol.
Mace the weapon and mace the spice are unrelated borrowings, one from French and one from Latin by way of Greek. The spice is the covering of the nutmeg seed.
How MACE is used
Countable: a mace, two maces.
- A mace is carried before the speaker and never used.
- The word mace covers a weapon and a spice.
- Mace the spice grows around the nutmeg seed.
- Two maces of office in the same building.
- The two senses of mace are unrelated borrowings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MACE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MACE
The 4 tiles of MACE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MACE
23 longer words begin with MACE.
Words ending in MACE
2 words end in MACE. Useful as a back hook: play MACE onto a word already on the board.
Words with MACE inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain MACE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MACE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MACE
Common questions about MACE
- Is MACE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MACE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MACE worth?
- MACE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MACE mean?
- A heavy club used as a weapon or symbol.
- What letters can be added to MACE?
- MACE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MACE:
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