MECCA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MECCA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MECCA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MECCA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MECCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
meccasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MECCA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MECCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What stands out about MECCA
- The letters of MECCA run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MECCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place that attracts a great many people because of a shared interest, activity, or reputation.
Writers use mecca for any spot that draws crowds of enthusiasts, whether a mountain town famous among climbers, a street lined with vintage shops, or a stadium beloved by fans of a sport. The word works as a figure of speech rather than naming a literal destination, so a small village can become a mecca for birdwatchers without changing its size. It is almost always followed by for, naming exactly who is drawn there.
How MECCA is used
Common in informal and journalistic English, always lower-case and figurative in this general sense.
- The small mountain town became a mecca for hikers every summer.
- Nashville is often called a mecca for country music songwriters.
- The old bookshop turned into a mecca for collectors of rare maps.
- Surfers treat that stretch of coast as a mecca for perfect waves.
- The market street grew into a mecca for street food lovers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MECCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MECCA
1 longer words begin with MECCA.
Shorter words from the letters in MECCA
Common questions about MECCA
- Is MECCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MECCA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MECCA worth?
- MECCA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MECCA mean?
- A place that attracts a great many people because of a shared interest, activity, or reputation.
- What letters can be added to MECCA?
- MECCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MECCA:
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