MASSACRE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MASSACRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MASSACRE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MASSACRE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MASSACRE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MASSACRE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MASSACRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MASSACRE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MASSACRE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To kill a large number of people cruelly and without discrimination.
The verb stresses scale and brutality, which separates it from an ordinary killing or a single murder. Sports commentators also stretch massacre to mean crushing an opponent by a huge margin.
How MASSACRE is used
Used for atrocities against groups of people, and loosely in sport for a thrashing.
- Soldiers were ordered not to massacre the villagers.
- The invaders threatened to massacre everyone inside the walls.
- Our team will massacre them if the defence holds.
- Historians still argue over who gave the order to massacre the prisoners.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MASSACRE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MASSACRE
4 longer words begin with MASSACRE.
Shorter words from the letters in MASSACRE
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Common questions about MASSACRE
- Is MASSACRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MASSACRE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MASSACRE worth?
- MASSACRE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MASSACRE mean?
- To kill a large number of people cruelly and without discrimination.
- What letters can be added to MASSACRE?
- MASSACRE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MASSACRE:
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