MANGOSTEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MANGOSTEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANGOSTEEN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANGOSTEEN is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANGOSTEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mangosteensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANGOSTEEN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MANGOSTEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANGOSTEEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MANGOSTEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tropical fruit with a thick, dark purple rind and sweet, juicy white segments inside, or the tree that bears it.
The mangosteen has nothing to do with the mango despite the similar name; it grows slowly in Southeast Asia and is often called the queen of fruits. You break the hard rind open to reach the delicate, fragrant pulp.
How MANGOSTEEN is used
Used in food, travel and gardening contexts for both the fruit and the tree.
- The market stall sold a bag of mangosteen for a few coins.
- Cracking open a mangosteen reveals pale, perfumed segments.
- A young mangosteen can take many years before it bears fruit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANGOSTEEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANGOSTEEN
1 longer words begin with MANGOSTEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in MANGOSTEEN
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Common questions about MANGOSTEEN
- Is MANGOSTEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANGOSTEEN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANGOSTEEN worth?
- MANGOSTEEN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANGOSTEEN mean?
- A tropical fruit with a thick, dark purple rind and sweet, juicy white segments inside, or the tree that bears it.
- What letters can be added to MANGOSTEEN?
- MANGOSTEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MANGOSTEEN:
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