MANTISSA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MANTISSA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANTISSA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANTISSA is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANTISSA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mantissasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANTISSA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MANTISSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANTISSA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MANTISSA
- The same 8 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 MANTISSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The part of a logarithm after the decimal point, or the digits of a floating-point number apart from its exponent.
In older logarithm tables the mantissa was looked up, while the whole-number part was worked out separately. Programmers now meet it in the layout of floating-point numbers, where it fixes the precision.
How MANTISSA is used
Mantissa is used in mathematics and computing.
- The table gave the mantissa of the logarithm to four places.
- A double-precision number has a longer mantissa than a single-precision one.
- The mantissa and the exponent together define the value.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANTISSA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MANTISSA
The 8 tiles of MANTISSA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MANTISSA
1 longer words begin with MANTISSA.
Shorter words from the letters in MANTISSA
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Common questions about MANTISSA
- Is MANTISSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANTISSA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANTISSA worth?
- MANTISSA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANTISSA mean?
- The part of a logarithm after the decimal point, or the digits of a floating-point number apart from its exponent.
- What letters can be added to MANTISSA?
- MANTISSA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MANTISSA:
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