MAGNIFIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MAGNIFIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAGNIFIC?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAGNIFIC is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAGNIFIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
magnificoChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MAGNIFIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAGNIFIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAGNIFIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MAGNIFIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Grand and impressive; magnificent, or sometimes pompous.
Magnific appears in older verse and ceremonial writing where magnificent would feel too ordinary. Some writers used it with a hint of mockery for swollen self-importance.
How MAGNIFIC is used
Archaic; modern readers will meet magnific mainly in old poetry and historical prose.
- The poet praised the magnific halls of the old king.
- A magnific procession wound through the city.
- His magnific speech left the crowd silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAGNIFIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAGNIFIC
14 longer words begin with MAGNIFIC.
Shorter words from the letters in MAGNIFIC
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Common questions about MAGNIFIC
- Is MAGNIFIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAGNIFIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAGNIFIC worth?
- MAGNIFIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAGNIFIC mean?
- Grand and impressive; magnificent, or sometimes pompous.
- What letters can be added to MAGNIFIC?
- MAGNIFIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAGNIFIC:
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