MAXWELL is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. MAXWELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAXWELL?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAXWELL is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAXWELL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maxwellsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAXWELL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MAXWELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,176 thousand.
What does MAXWELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of magnetic flux in the CGS system, equal to the flux of one gauss through one square centimetre.
The maxwell is named after the physicist James Clerk Maxwell and measures how much magnetic field passes through a surface. Modern work in SI units uses the weber instead, where one weber equals one hundred million maxwells.
How MAXWELL is used
Maxwell is used in physics and engineering texts that follow the older CGS system.
- The magnet produced a flux of several thousand maxwell through the coil.
- One maxwell is a very small amount of magnetic flux.
- Older textbooks give the flux in each maxwell rather than in webers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAXWELL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAXWELL
1 longer words begin with MAXWELL.
Shorter words from the letters in MAXWELL
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Common questions about MAXWELL
- Is MAXWELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAXWELL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAXWELL worth?
- MAXWELL is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAXWELL mean?
- A unit of magnetic flux in the CGS system, equal to the flux of one gauss through one square centimetre.
- What letters can be added to MAXWELL?
- MAXWELL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MAXWELL:
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