MASTODONT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MASTODONT 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 MASTODONT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MASTODONT is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MASTODONT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mastodontsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MASTODONT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MASTODONT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MASTODONT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MASTODONT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An extinct elephant-like mammal with distinctive cone-shaped cusps on its molar teeth.
A mastodont roamed the world from the Miocene until the end of the last ice age. Unlike its relative the mammoth, a mastodont had low, ridged teeth suited to browsing on twigs and leaves.
How MASTODONT is used
Mastodont is used in palaeontology; mastodon is the commoner spelling.
- The skeleton of a mastodont stood in the museum hall.
- Each mastodont had tusks that curved upward.
- Scientists dug a mastodont tooth from the river bank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MASTODONT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MASTODONT
2 longer words begin with MASTODONT.
Shorter words from the letters in MASTODONT
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Common questions about MASTODONT
- Is MASTODONT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MASTODONT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MASTODONT worth?
- MASTODONT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MASTODONT mean?
- An extinct elephant-like mammal with distinctive cone-shaped cusps on its molar teeth.
- What letters can be added to MASTODONT?
- MASTODONT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MASTODONT:
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