MAHONIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MAHONIA 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 MAHONIA?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAHONIA is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAHONIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mahoniasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAHONIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MAHONIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does MAHONIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen shrub of the barberry family with spiny, glossy leaves, yellow flowers, and dark berries.
Gardeners plant mahonia for its winter colour, since the yellow blooms open when little else is flowering. The leathery leaves have sharp points, so the shrub also works as a barrier along a border.
How MAHONIA is used
Mahonia appears mostly in gardening and botanical writing.
- A tall mahonia by the gate brightened the garden in January.
- The mahonia berries turned deep purple by early summer.
- Be careful when trimming the mahonia, because the leaves are prickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAHONIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAHONIA
1 longer words begin with MAHONIA.
Shorter words from the letters in MAHONIA
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Common questions about MAHONIA
- Is MAHONIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAHONIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAHONIA worth?
- MAHONIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAHONIA mean?
- An evergreen shrub of the barberry family with spiny, glossy leaves, yellow flowers, and dark berries.
- What letters can be added to MAHONIA?
- MAHONIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MAHONIA:
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