MAP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAP?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAP is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mapsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about MAP
- The same 3 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 MAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A drawing of an area showing its features to scale.
Every map lies, and cannot avoid it: a curved surface will not lie flat, so something has to be stretched. Which distortion a projection accepts is a decision about what the thing is for, and the argument about that is two centuries old and unfinished.
How MAP is used
Countable: a map, two maps. Also a verb.
- The map was folded wrong and torn along the crease.
- Every map distorts something and the choice is deliberate.
- They mapped the whole coast in one season.
- A map without a scale is a picture.
- Two maps of the same area rarely agree at the edges.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAP
The 3 tiles of MAP in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MAP
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with MAP.
Words ending in MAP
4 words end in MAP. Useful as a back hook: play MAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAP inside
Showing 24 of 42 words that contain MAP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAP
Common questions about MAP
- Is MAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAP worth?
- MAP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAP mean?
- A drawing of an area showing its features to scale.
- What letters can be added to MAP?
- MAP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MAP:
Open MAP in the Word Finder