MANGABEY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MANGABEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANGABEY?
| 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 MANGABEY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANGABEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mangabeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANGABEY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MANGABEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANGABEY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MANGABEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A long-tailed, long-limbed monkey of the African forests, often with pale upper eyelids.
The mangabey lives mostly in trees and moves in groups through West and Central African woodland. Its pale, almost white eyelids are a quick way to tell it from other monkeys.
How MANGABEY is used
Used in zoology and wildlife writing; the spelling mangabey is standard, with mangaby as a variant.
- A mangabey leaped from branch to branch above the river.
- The zoo keeps a troop of mangabey monkeys.
- Hunting has reduced the wild mangabey population.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANGABEY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANGABEY
1 longer words begin with MANGABEY.
Shorter words from the letters in MANGABEY
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Common questions about MANGABEY
- Is MANGABEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANGABEY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANGABEY worth?
- MANGABEY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANGABEY mean?
- A long-tailed, long-limbed monkey of the African forests, often with pale upper eyelids.
- What letters can be added to MANGABEY?
- MANGABEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MANGABEY:
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