MANDRAKE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MANDRAKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANDRAKE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANDRAKE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANDRAKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mandrakesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANDRAKE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MANDRAKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANDRAKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MANDRAKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A poisonous plant of the nightshade family with a thick forked root that resembles a human figure.
Folklore says a mandrake screams when it is pulled from the ground and that the sound can kill the person who hears it. Healers once used the root as a sedative and a charm, which is why the plant features so often in tales of magic.
How MANDRAKE is used
Used for the plant itself and in stories of witchcraft and folk medicine.
- The witch dug up a mandrake root at midnight.
- In the legend, the mandrake shrieked as it left the soil.
- Mandrake was once used as a painkiller before surgery.
- The wizard's garden held a bed of mandrake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANDRAKE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANDRAKE
1 longer words begin with MANDRAKE.
Shorter words from the letters in MANDRAKE
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Common questions about MANDRAKE
- Is MANDRAKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANDRAKE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANDRAKE worth?
- MANDRAKE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANDRAKE mean?
- A poisonous plant of the nightshade family with a thick forked root that resembles a human figure.
- What letters can be added to MANDRAKE?
- MANDRAKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MANDRAKE:
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