MACHINE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MACHINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MACHINE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MACHINE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MACHINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MACHINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MACHINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 343,098.
What does MACHINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A device with moving parts that uses power to perform a task.
A machine can be as simple as a lever or as complex as a factory robot. The word is also used of vehicles and apparatus like washing machines. As a verb it means to shape something with machinery.
How MACHINE is used
Machine is used for everything from tools to large engines.
- The machine stamped out a hundred parts an hour.
- She bought a machine to wash the dishes.
- Nobody knew how the machine worked.
- A coffee machine stood in the corner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MACHINE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MACHINE
15 longer words begin with MACHINE.
Shorter words from the letters in MACHINE
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Common questions about MACHINE
- Is MACHINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MACHINE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MACHINE worth?
- MACHINE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MACHINE mean?
- A device with moving parts that uses power to perform a task.
- What letters can be added to MACHINE?
- MACHINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MACHINE:
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