MACON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MACON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MACON?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MACON is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MACON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maconsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MACON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MACON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does MACON mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Mutton that has been smoked and salted so that it resembles bacon.
Macon is prepared from mutton using the same curing and smoking methods applied to pork bacon, giving the meat a similar salty, smoky flavor and appearance. The word appears mainly in older food writing and specialist word lists rather than in everyday cooking vocabulary, and it should not be confused with the French city of the same spelling.
How MACON is used
Rare culinary term; encountered chiefly in older recipe books and word-game dictionaries.
- The farmhouse kitchen served thick slices of macon with the morning eggs.
- She cured the mutton into macon using an old family recipe.
- Macon was once a common way to preserve mutton before refrigeration.
- The butcher explained how macon differs from ordinary bacon.
- Guests could not tell the macon from real bacon at first bite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MACON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MACON
3 longer words begin with MACON.
Words ending in MACON
3 words end in MACON. Useful as a back hook: play MACON onto a word already on the board.
Words with MACON inside
3 words contain MACON in the middle. Words that start with MACON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MACON
Common questions about MACON
- Is MACON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MACON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MACON worth?
- MACON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MACON mean?
- Mutton that has been smoked and salted so that it resembles bacon.
- What letters can be added to MACON?
- MACON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MACON:
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