MANGEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MANGEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANGEL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANGEL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANGEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mangelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANGEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MANGEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about MANGEL
- The same 6 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 MANGEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large coarse beet with a big root, grown mainly as feed for cattle and sheep.
A mangel is a cultivated form of the common beet, bred for size rather than sweetness or flavour. The roots are stored through the winter and fed to livestock when grass is short. The name is a shortened form of the German mangelwurzel, and the variant mangold is used for the same plant.
How MANGEL is used
An agricultural term, now mostly seen in older farming books and in British crop lists.
- The farmer stacked the mangel in a long clamp covered with straw.
- A single mangel can weigh several kilograms.
- Sheep were turned out onto the field to eat the mangel in place.
- He sliced a mangel for the cows before the evening milking.
- Every autumn the mangel harvest filled the barn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANGEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MANGEL
The 6 tiles of MANGEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MANGEL
3 longer words begin with MANGEL.
Shorter words from the letters in MANGEL
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Common questions about MANGEL
- Is MANGEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANGEL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANGEL worth?
- MANGEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANGEL mean?
- A large coarse beet with a big root, grown mainly as feed for cattle and sheep.
- What letters can be added to MANGEL?
- MANGEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MANGEL:
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