MAGDALEN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MAGDALEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAGDALEN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAGDALEN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAGDALEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAGDALEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAGDALEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAGDALEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MAGDALEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A repentant woman, named after Mary Magdalene; also a home for such women.
Painters of the Renaissance often depicted the Magdalen weeping or reading. The lowercase noun was applied in the past to women taken in by charitable asylums.
How MAGDALEN is used
Magdalen is historical, and capitalised when meaning the saint.
- The artist painted a Magdalen with long hair.
- A magdalen asylum once stood on the edge of town.
- The magdalen in the story finds forgiveness.
- Her portrait of the Magdalen hangs in the chapel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAGDALEN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAGDALEN
3 longer words begin with MAGDALEN.
Shorter words from the letters in MAGDALEN
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Common questions about MAGDALEN
- Is MAGDALEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAGDALEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAGDALEN worth?
- MAGDALEN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAGDALEN mean?
- A repentant woman, named after Mary Magdalene; also a home for such women.
- What letters can be added to MAGDALEN?
- MAGDALEN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAGDALEN:
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