MASKALONGES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 18 points
It depends on the list you play by. MASKALONGES is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 18 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MASKALONGES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MASKALONGES is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MASKALONGES
No single letter turns MASKALONGES into another word.
How MASKALONGES scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MASKALONGES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MASKALONGES has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MASKALONGES mean in Scrabble?
noun
Large North American pike, also known as muskellunge, in the plural.
The name reached English from Ojibwe by way of Canadian French, and it arrived in so many spellings that maskalonges, maskinonges and muskellunges still sit side by side in the lists. They are one fish; the spread of forms is a record of people writing down what they heard.
How MASKALONGES is used
Plural of maskalonge. Muskellunge is the standard modern spelling and muskie the everyday one.
- Two maskalonges were taken from the same bay in a week.
- The old guidebook spells it maskalonges and the new one does not.
- Maskalonges of that size are photographed and put back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MASKALONGES and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MASKALONGES
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Common questions about MASKALONGES
- Is MASKALONGES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MASKALONGES is not in it.
- How many points is MASKALONGES worth?
- MASKALONGES is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MASKALONGES mean?
- Large North American pike, also known as muskellunge, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to MASKALONGES?
- No single letter can be added to MASKALONGES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MASKALONGES:
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