MARIA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MARIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARIA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARIA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARIA
No single letter turns MARIA into another word.
How MARIA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MARIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does MARIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The large, dark, relatively smooth plains on the surface of the Moon or Mars, formed by ancient volcanic activity; plural of mare.
Early astronomers mistook these dark regions for bodies of water and named them maria, Latin for seas, even though they are actually flat plains of solidified basaltic lava. On the Moon, the maria are easily visible to the naked eye and form the pattern popularly called the man in the moon. Mars also has regions historically labeled maria, though modern imaging has shown they are simply darker areas of rock and dust rather than true seas.
How MARIA is used
A technical astronomical term used mainly in scientific and educational writing about the Moon and Mars; the singular form is mare.
- The telescope revealed the dark maria spreading across the lunar surface.
- Early mapmakers gave the maria romantic names like the Sea of Tranquility.
- Scientists study the maria to learn about ancient volcanic activity.
- The maria appear darker than the surrounding highlands because of their mineral content.
- Some of the maria on Mars can be seen from Earth with a small telescope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MARIA
5 longer words begin with MARIA.
Words ending in MARIA
1 words end in MARIA. Useful as a back hook: play MARIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with MARIA inside
9 words contain MARIA in the middle. Words that start with MARIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MARIA
Common questions about MARIA
- Is MARIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARIA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARIA worth?
- MARIA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARIA mean?
- The large, dark, relatively smooth plains on the surface of the Moon or Mars, formed by ancient volcanic activity; plural of mare.
- What letters can be added to MARIA?
- No single letter can be added to MARIA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MARIA:
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