MASK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MASK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MASK?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MASK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MASK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
masksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MASK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MASK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does MASK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A covering worn over the face.
Mask came through French and Italian from an Arabic word about a buffoon, which is a long way from surgery. The verb about hiding a flavour is nineteenth-century and now the commonest technical use.
How MASK is used
Countable. Also a verb: masked, masking.
- A mask that does not seal does very little.
- The word mask came from an Arabic one about a buffoon.
- Sugar masks bitterness without removing it.
- Two masks of different grades and one of them useless.
- A masking tape is named from the verb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MASK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MASK
The 4 tiles of MASK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MASK
20 longer words begin with MASK.
Words ending in MASK
9 words end in MASK. Useful as a back hook: play MASK onto a word already on the board.
Words with MASK inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain MASK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MASK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MASK
Common questions about MASK
- Is MASK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MASK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MASK worth?
- MASK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MASK mean?
- A covering worn over the face.
- What letters can be added to MASK?
- MASK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MASK:
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