MEGILLAH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MEGILLAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEGILLAH?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEGILLAH is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEGILLAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
megillahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEGILLAH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MEGILLAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MEGILLAH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MEGILLAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A scroll of a biblical book read at a Jewish festival; in slang, a long, tedious and complicated story.
At Purim the megillah of Esther is read aloud while listeners drown out the villain's name with noise. In English the word also grew into the phrase "the whole megillah", meaning everything involved.
How MEGILLAH is used
Religious use, plus informal figurative use.
- The congregation listened to the megillah on Purim.
- He gave me the whole megillah about his trip.
- Don't make a megillah out of a small mistake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEGILLAH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEGILLAH
1 longer words begin with MEGILLAH.
Shorter words from the letters in MEGILLAH
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Common questions about MEGILLAH
- Is MEGILLAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEGILLAH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEGILLAH worth?
- MEGILLAH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEGILLAH mean?
- A scroll of a biblical book read at a Jewish festival; in slang, a long, tedious and complicated story.
- What letters can be added to MEGILLAH?
- MEGILLAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MEGILLAH:
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