MEGALOMANIA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MEGALOMANIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEGALOMANIA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEGALOMANIA is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEGALOMANIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEGALOMANIA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MEGALOMANIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MEGALOMANIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MEGALOMANIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
An obsessive belief in one's own power or importance, or a craving for grand achievements.
Megalomania can be a clinical symptom, but it is just as often hurled at tyrants, tycoons and film directors whose ambitions have outgrown reason. Its Greek roots literally mean great madness.
How MEGALOMANIA is used
Megalomania is used both in psychology and loosely in everyday criticism of arrogant leaders.
- His megalomania led him to build a palace nobody needed.
- Critics accused the director of megalomania after the budget doubled.
- The dictator's megalomania ended in disaster.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEGALOMANIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEGALOMANIA
5 longer words begin with MEGALOMANIA.
Shorter words from the letters in MEGALOMANIA
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Common questions about MEGALOMANIA
- Is MEGALOMANIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEGALOMANIA, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEGALOMANIA worth?
- MEGALOMANIA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEGALOMANIA mean?
- An obsessive belief in one's own power or importance, or a craving for grand achievements.
- What letters can be added to MEGALOMANIA?
- MEGALOMANIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MEGALOMANIA:
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