MAIHEM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MAIHEM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAIHEM?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAIHEM is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAIHEM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maihemsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAIHEM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MAIHEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613,196.
What stands out about MAIHEM
- MAIHEM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MAIHEM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The crime of injuring someone so as to leave them maimed; violent damage.
Maihem is an old spelling of the word now written mayhem, and it reflects the same medieval legal idea of a wound that cripples a person. Writers today use the modern spelling, so maihem appears chiefly in historical documents and word lists. The mayhem spelling has since taken on the broader sense of general chaos.
How MAIHEM is used
Archaic spelling; the modern form is mayhem.
- The old charter punished maihem with a heavy fine.
- The clerk wrote maihem where we would write mayhem.
- A charge of maihem appears in the court record.
- In that law book, maihem meant the loss of a limb.
- The scribe spelled it maihem throughout the page.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAIHEM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAIHEM
1 longer words begin with MAIHEM.
Shorter words from the letters in MAIHEM
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Common questions about MAIHEM
- Is MAIHEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAIHEM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAIHEM worth?
- MAIHEM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAIHEM mean?
- The crime of injuring someone so as to leave them maimed; violent damage.
- What letters can be added to MAIHEM?
- MAIHEM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MAIHEM:
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