MAGOT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MAGOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAGOT?
| 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 MAGOT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAGOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
magotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAGOT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAGOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does MAGOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Another name for the Barbary macaque, a tailless Old World monkey native to North Africa; also, a small grotesque figure in Chinese decorative art.
Naturalists sometimes call the Barbary macaque a magot, a term borrowed from French, describing the species of tailless monkey found wild in the mountains of Morocco and Algeria and famously introduced onto the Rock of Gibraltar. Quite separately, collectors of Chinese and Japanese porcelain use the same word for a small, crouching, deliberately grotesque figurine, often depicted with an exaggerated grin or pose, that became fashionable in European decorative art. The two senses share only the word itself, one naming a living primate and the other a piece of ornamental china, and context usually makes clear which meaning a writer intends. Both uses remain fairly specialised, appearing in zoology and in the language of antique collecting rather than in everyday conversation.
How MAGOT is used
A specialised word used in zoology for the Barbary macaque and, separately, in the antiques trade for a grotesque porcelain figurine.
- Tourists watched a magot climb the rock face at sunset.
- The auction catalogue listed a porcelain magot from the eighteenth century.
- A troop of magots foraged near the mountain village.
- Collectors prize a well-preserved magot for its exaggerated grin.
- The zoo built a rocky enclosure for its troop of magots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAGOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAGOT
1 longer words begin with MAGOT.
Shorter words from the letters in MAGOT
Common questions about MAGOT
- Is MAGOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAGOT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAGOT worth?
- MAGOT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAGOT mean?
- Another name for the Barbary macaque, a tailless Old World monkey native to North Africa; also, a small grotesque figure in Chinese decorative art.
- What letters can be added to MAGOT?
- MAGOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAGOT:
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