MACRON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MACRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MACRON?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MACRON is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MACRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
macronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MACRON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MACRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does MACRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short horizontal bar written over a vowel to show that it is long.
Dictionaries use the macron to separate the long a in "rate" from the short a in "rat", and it is common in Latin textbooks and in transcriptions of Japanese and Maori. The name comes from a Greek word meaning long, which is exactly the sound it marks. In verse scansion the same bar marks a stressed or long syllable.
How MACRON is used
Used in pronunciation guides, language teaching, and the spelling of Maori and romanised Japanese.
- A macron over the o shows that the vowel is drawn out.
- Maori words are often printed with a macron on long vowels.
- The textbook put a macron above each long vowel in the Latin lines.
- On a computer keyboard the macron is awkward to type.
- She forgot the macron, so the word looked like a different one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MACRON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MACRON
7 longer words begin with MACRON.
Shorter words from the letters in MACRON
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Common questions about MACRON
- Is MACRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MACRON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MACRON worth?
- MACRON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MACRON mean?
- A short horizontal bar written over a vowel to show that it is long.
- What letters can be added to MACRON?
- MACRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MACRON:
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