MANICOTTI is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MANICOTTI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANICOTTI?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANICOTTI is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANICOTTI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
manicottisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANICOTTI scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MANICOTTI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANICOTTI has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MANICOTTI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Large pasta tubes stuffed with cheese or meat and baked in sauce.
The word manicotti is Italian in origin and is used in North American cooking for the baked dish and the pasta itself. It resembles cannelloni, although the pasta is shaped as a tube rather than rolled from a sheet.
How MANICOTTI is used
Common on restaurant menus and in recipes.
- She served manicotti with tomato sauce.
- The recipe fills the manicotti with ricotta and spinach.
- Baked manicotti is a classic family dinner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANICOTTI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANICOTTI
1 longer words begin with MANICOTTI.
Shorter words from the letters in MANICOTTI
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Common questions about MANICOTTI
- Is MANICOTTI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANICOTTI, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANICOTTI worth?
- MANICOTTI is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANICOTTI mean?
- Large pasta tubes stuffed with cheese or meat and baked in sauce.
- What letters can be added to MANICOTTI?
- MANICOTTI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MANICOTTI:
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