MALAPROPIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MALAPROPIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MALAPROPIAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MALAPROPIAN is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MALAPROPIAN
No single letter turns MALAPROPIAN into another word.
How MALAPROPIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MALAPROPIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MALAPROPIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MALAPROPIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Characterized by the comic misuse of a word that sounds like the one intended.
A malapropian speaker reaches for a grand word and lands on a similar-sounding wrong one, which is where the humour comes from. The label is a literary one, drawn from a famous character in an eighteenth-century stage comedy.
How MALAPROPIAN is used
Used in criticism and humorous writing to describe speech full of ludicrous word mix-ups.
- His malapropian toast praised the bride as a "vision of pulchritude and a pineapple of politeness".
- The play relies on a malapropian aunt who mangles every long word she tries.
- Critics enjoyed the malapropian dialogue of the comic constable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MALAPROPIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MALAPROPIAN
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Common questions about MALAPROPIAN
- Is MALAPROPIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALAPROPIAN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MALAPROPIAN worth?
- MALAPROPIAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MALAPROPIAN mean?
- Characterized by the comic misuse of a word that sounds like the one intended.
- What letters can be added to MALAPROPIAN?
- No single letter can be added to MALAPROPIAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MALAPROPIAN:
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