MANGLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MANGLE 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 MANGLE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANGLE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANGLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANGLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MANGLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about MANGLE
- 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 MANGLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To damage something badly by tearing, crushing or cutting it until its shape is spoiled.
People also use mangle for ruining a text, a song or a speech by handling it clumsily, as in mangling a quotation. A second and older meaning belongs to the noun: a mangle is a machine with two rollers that squeezed water out of washed laundry and pressed it flat. The verb to mangle clothes, meaning to run them through such rollers, comes from that machine and is unrelated in origin to the tearing sense.
How MANGLE is used
Common in both the literal sense of physical damage and the figurative sense of botching a performance or a phrase.
- The machine can mangle a hand in seconds if it is not guarded.
- Please do not mangle the names of the guests.
- Wreckage began to mangle the fence as the truck rolled on.
- The singer managed to mangle the national anthem.
- The old washerwoman would mangle the sheets before hanging them out.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANGLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MANGLE
The 6 tiles of MANGLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MANGLE
4 longer words begin with MANGLE.
Shorter words from the letters in MANGLE
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Common questions about MANGLE
- Is MANGLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANGLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANGLE worth?
- MANGLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANGLE mean?
- To damage something badly by tearing, crushing or cutting it until its shape is spoiled.
- What letters can be added to MANGLE?
- MANGLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MANGLE:
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