MAFIOSO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MAFIOSO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAFIOSO?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAFIOSO is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAFIOSO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mafiososChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAFIOSO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MAFIOSO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 441,125.
What does MAFIOSO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A man who belongs to the Mafia or to a similar organized criminal group.
The word comes from Italian and is used for individual members rather than for the organization itself. A mafioso is usually pictured inside a hierarchy of loyalty and secrecy, often in crime fiction and news reports.
How MAFIOSO is used
Mafioso is used of a single member of a criminal brotherhood, mostly in journalism and crime stories.
- The detective spent years trying to link the restaurant owner to a known mafioso.
- In the film, an aging mafioso is forced to choose between family and the code of silence.
- Every mafioso in the neighbourhood knew better than to speak to the press.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAFIOSO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAFIOSO
1 longer words begin with MAFIOSO.
Shorter words from the letters in MAFIOSO
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Common questions about MAFIOSO
- Is MAFIOSO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAFIOSO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAFIOSO worth?
- MAFIOSO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAFIOSO mean?
- A man who belongs to the Mafia or to a similar organized criminal group.
- What letters can be added to MAFIOSO?
- MAFIOSO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MAFIOSO:
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