MAIOLICA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MAIOLICA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAIOLICA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAIOLICA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAIOLICA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maiolicasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAIOLICA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAIOLICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAIOLICA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MAIOLICA
- MAIOLICA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MAIOLICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Italian earthenware covered with an opaque white glaze and painted in rich colours.
Collectors prize Renaissance maiolica for its narrative scenes. Makers fired tin-glazed plates, jars and tiles in bright palettes.
How MAIOLICA is used
Maiolica is an art and ceramics term.
- The museum displays a maiolica plate from Faenza.
- Painted maiolica jars lined the shelf.
- She collects maiolica tiles.
- A maiolica dish showed a hunting scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAIOLICA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAIOLICA
1 longer words begin with MAIOLICA.
Shorter words from the letters in MAIOLICA
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Common questions about MAIOLICA
- Is MAIOLICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAIOLICA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAIOLICA worth?
- MAIOLICA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAIOLICA mean?
- Italian earthenware covered with an opaque white glaze and painted in rich colours.
- What letters can be added to MAIOLICA?
- MAIOLICA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAIOLICA:
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