MANICURE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MANICURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANICURE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANICURE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANICURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANICURE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MANICURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANICURE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MANICURE
- All 8 letters of MANICURE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MANICURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A beauty treatment for the hands that shapes and polishes the nails.
A salon manicure often includes soaking, trimming the cuticles and painting. As a verb, manicure also means to trim a lawn or hedge very neatly.
How MANICURE is used
Manicure is both a noun and a verb.
- She booked a manicure before the wedding.
- A fresh manicure shone with red polish.
- The gardener will manicure the hedges.
- Her manicure chipped by evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANICURE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANICURE
2 longer words begin with MANICURE.
Shorter words from the letters in MANICURE
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Common questions about MANICURE
- Is MANICURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANICURE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANICURE worth?
- MANICURE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANICURE mean?
- A beauty treatment for the hands that shapes and polishes the nails.
- What letters can be added to MANICURE?
- MANICURE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MANICURE:
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