MALTHA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MALTHA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MALTHA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MALTHA is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MALTHA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
malthasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MALTHA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MALTHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does MALTHA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A thick, black, sticky natural tar that lies between liquid petroleum and solid asphalt.
Maltha forms where crude oil seeps to the surface and loses its lighter parts to evaporation, leaving a viscous residue. Geologists meet it in oil fields and tar pits, and drillers sometimes find it clogging their equipment. In older English the word could also be applied to a kind of mortar or cement made with pitch.
How MALTHA is used
A technical term of geology and the petroleum trade.
- Thick maltha oozed from the crack in the rock.
- The drill stalled when maltha packed the pipe.
- Ancient builders used maltha to seal their cisterns.
- The pit was filled with maltha and dead leaves.
- A sample of maltha was sent to the laboratory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MALTHA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MALTHA
1 longer words begin with MALTHA.
Shorter words from the letters in MALTHA
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Common questions about MALTHA
- Is MALTHA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALTHA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MALTHA worth?
- MALTHA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MALTHA mean?
- A thick, black, sticky natural tar that lies between liquid petroleum and solid asphalt.
- What letters can be added to MALTHA?
- MALTHA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MALTHA:
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