MALI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. MALI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MALI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MALI is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MALI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MALI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MALI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about MALI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MALI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A gardener, especially one employed to care for a garden or estate in South Asia.
A mali is traditionally a hereditary occupation in parts of South Asia, where a household or estate keeps a mali to plant, water and tend the grounds much as a groundskeeper would elsewhere. The word is a loan from Hindi and related languages and is written with a lowercase letter, unlike the country name Mali.
How MALI is used
Used mainly in Indian English; not to be confused with the country Mali.
- The mali watered the roses every morning before breakfast.
- Our neighbour employs a mali to keep the hedges trimmed.
- The old mali had worked in that garden for forty years.
- She asked the mali to plant marigolds along the path.
- The estate's mali knew every tree in the orchard by name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MALI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MALI
The 4 tiles of MALI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MALI
Showing 24 of 53 words that begin with MALI.
Words with MALI inside
Showing 24 of 211 words that contain MALI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MALI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MALI
Common questions about MALI
- Is MALI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MALI worth?
- MALI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MALI mean?
- A gardener, especially one employed to care for a garden or estate in South Asia.
- What letters can be added to MALI?
- MALI takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MALI:
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