MAUSOLEUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MAUSOLEUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAUSOLEUM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAUSOLEUM is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAUSOLEUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mausoleumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAUSOLEUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MAUSOLEUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAUSOLEUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MAUSOLEUM
- MAUSOLEUM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MAUSOLEUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large, grand building that houses a tomb or several tombs.
The original mausoleum was the monument raised for King Mausolus in ancient Halicarnassus, which is where the name comes from. Today the word covers anything from a royal monument to a family vault, and it can describe a gloomy, silent building by comparison.
How MAUSOLEUM is used
Used for burial monuments, and figuratively for cold, empty-feeling buildings.
- The emperor was laid to rest in a white marble mausoleum.
- The family mausoleum stood at the top of the cemetery hill.
- After the move, the huge empty house felt like a mausoleum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAUSOLEUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAUSOLEUM
1 longer words begin with MAUSOLEUM.
Shorter words from the letters in MAUSOLEUM
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Common questions about MAUSOLEUM
- Is MAUSOLEUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAUSOLEUM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAUSOLEUM worth?
- MAUSOLEUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAUSOLEUM mean?
- A large, grand building that houses a tomb or several tombs.
- What letters can be added to MAUSOLEUM?
- MAUSOLEUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MAUSOLEUM:
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