MAIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MAIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAIZE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAIZE is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maizesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAIZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does MAIZE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cereal plant with large ears of yellow kernels, or its edible grain, known as corn in North America.
Maize is one of the world's most widely grown cereal crops, cultivated originally in Mesoamerica before spreading across the globe. The plant produces tall stalks topped with ears wrapped in husks, each ear covered with rows of kernels that are ground into flour, pressed for oil, or eaten whole. Outside North America the plant and its grain are usually called maize, while American English generally uses corn for the same crop.
How MAIZE is used
Standard term in British and international English; American English typically prefers corn instead.
- The farmers planted maize across the entire valley.
- Ground maize is used to make a coarse yellow flour.
- Fields of maize stretched to the horizon before harvest.
- The recipe calls for a cup of cooked maize kernels.
- Maize was one of the first crops domesticated in the Americas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAIZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAIZE
1 longer words begin with MAIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in MAIZE
Common questions about MAIZE
- Is MAIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAIZE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAIZE worth?
- MAIZE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAIZE mean?
- A cereal plant with large ears of yellow kernels, or its edible grain, known as corn in North America.
- What letters can be added to MAIZE?
- MAIZE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAIZE:
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