MAGUEY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MAGUEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAGUEY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAGUEY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAGUEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
magueysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAGUEY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MAGUEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does MAGUEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A large agave plant of tropical America, especially one used to make fibre or fermented and distilled drinks.
The maguey is sometimes known as the century plant. Its thick, spiky leaves rise from a central rosette, and its sap is the raw material for drinks such as pulque and, after distilling, mescal. The leaves also provide fibre for cord, so the plant has long been valuable in Mexico and neighbouring regions. The word is of Caribbean origin and came into English by way of Spanish.
How MAGUEY is used
Used in botany, cookery and writing about Mexico and Central America.
- Rows of maguey stretched across the dry hillside.
- Villagers cut the heart of the maguey to collect its sweet sap.
- Fibre from the maguey was twisted into strong rope.
- A single maguey can take many years to flower.
- The recipe called for a drink fermented from the maguey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAGUEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAGUEY
1 longer words begin with MAGUEY.
Shorter words from the letters in MAGUEY
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Common questions about MAGUEY
- Is MAGUEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAGUEY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAGUEY worth?
- MAGUEY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAGUEY mean?
- A large agave plant of tropical America, especially one used to make fibre or fermented and distilled drinks.
- What letters can be added to MAGUEY?
- MAGUEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MAGUEY:
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