MEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEAN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEAN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about MEAN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Unkind, unfair, or spiteful in the way one treats other people.
A person can be mean by refusing to share, by mocking someone weaker, or by breaking a promise out of spite. Children often call a playmate mean the moment a game turns unfair. The word marks behaviour as unkind rather than simply careless.
How MEAN is used
Chiefly used of behaviour towards others; a separate sense of mean refers to a statistical average.
- It was mean of him to laugh at her mistake in front of everyone.
- The older children were mean to the new boy on his first day.
- Nobody thought she could be so mean about a simple accident.
- He felt mean for forgetting his sister's birthday twice in a row.
- Teasing a smaller child like that is simply mean.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MEAN
The 4 tiles of MEAN in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with MEAN
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with MEAN.
Words ending in MEAN
6 words end in MEAN. Useful as a back hook: play MEAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with MEAN inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain MEAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MEAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MEAN
Common questions about MEAN
- Is MEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEAN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEAN worth?
- MEAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEAN mean?
- Unkind, unfair, or spiteful in the way one treats other people.
- What letters can be added to MEAN?
- MEAN takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MEAN:
Open MEAN in the Word Finder