MANUAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MANUAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANUAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANUAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANUAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
manualsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANUAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MANUAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does MANUAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A book or document that explains, step by step, how to operate, assemble, or maintain something.
Manual traces back to the Latin word for hand, manus, which is why the adjective sense, as in manual labour or a manual gearbox, describes something done or operated directly by hand rather than by a machine. The noun sense grew from the same root: a manual was originally a book small enough to be held in the hand, and it kept that meaning as instruction booklets multiplied alongside cars, appliances, and software. A soldier's manual of arms, a fixed drill for handling a rifle, shows the same hands-on idea applied to training rather than to a printed book.
How MANUAL is used
Very common as both a noun, an instruction manual, and an adjective, as in manual labour or manual transmission.
- He lost the manual and had to guess which button turned off the alarm.
- The training manual covered every step of the assembly line.
- She kept the car's manual in the glove compartment.
- Following the manual exactly, he rewired the old lamp without a single mistake.
- The software manual ran to more than four hundred pages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANUAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MANUAL
The 6 tiles of MANUAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MANUAL
2 longer words begin with MANUAL.
Shorter words from the letters in MANUAL
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Common questions about MANUAL
- Is MANUAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANUAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANUAL worth?
- MANUAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANUAL mean?
- A book or document that explains, step by step, how to operate, assemble, or maintain something.
- What letters can be added to MANUAL?
- MANUAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MANUAL:
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