MEALIE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MEALIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEALIE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEALIE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEALIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEALIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEALIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What does MEALIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
South African
An ear of maize, or the maize plant itself, used chiefly in South African English for corn eaten as food or ground into meal.
Mealie comes from an Afrikaans word for maize and remains everyday vocabulary across Southern Africa, where a single ear of corn on the cob is simply called a mealie. Mealie meal, a coarse maize flour ground from dried mealies, is a staple food in the region, cooked into a thick porridge eaten daily in many households. Outside Southern Africa the word is rarely used, and speakers elsewhere would normally just say maize or corn instead.
How MEALIE is used
Chiefly South African English; largely unknown outside that region.
- She roasted a mealie over the open fire until the kernels charred slightly.
- Mealie meal porridge was served at almost every meal on the farm.
- Fields of mealies stretched to the horizon after the rains.
- He bought two mealies from a street vendor near the market.
- The children grew their own mealies in a small garden plot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEALIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEALIE
3 longer words begin with MEALIE.
Shorter words from the letters in MEALIE
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Common questions about MEALIE
- Is MEALIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEALIE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEALIE worth?
- MEALIE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEALIE mean?
- An ear of maize, or the maize plant itself, used chiefly in South African English for corn eaten as food or ground into meal.
- What letters can be added to MEALIE?
- MEALIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEALIE:
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