MEDIAGENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MEDIAGENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEDIAGENIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEDIAGENIC is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEDIAGENIC
No single letter turns MEDIAGENIC into another word.
How MEDIAGENIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MEDIAGENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MEDIAGENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MEDIAGENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Likely to come across well on television, in photographs or in other media.
A mediagenic person looks and sounds good on screen, much like the older term photogenic. Politicians and sports stars are often praised or mocked as mediagenic. The word tends to imply image over substance.
How MEDIAGENIC is used
Used in journalism and talk about public figures and their screen appeal.
- The young senator was strikingly mediagenic.
- A mediagenic spokesman helped the campaign.
- She was not mediagenic, but she was honest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEDIAGENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MEDIAGENIC
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Common questions about MEDIAGENIC
- Is MEDIAGENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEDIAGENIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEDIAGENIC worth?
- MEDIAGENIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEDIAGENIC mean?
- Likely to come across well on television, in photographs or in other media.
- What letters can be added to MEDIAGENIC?
- No single letter can be added to MEDIAGENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MEDIAGENIC:
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