MELAMED is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MELAMED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELAMED?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELAMED is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELAMED
No single letter turns MELAMED into another word.
How MELAMED scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MELAMED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684 thousand.
What does MELAMED mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A teacher of young children in a traditional Jewish school.
The melamed taught boys to read Hebrew and the basic prayers, often in a small room of the teacher's own house. The figure is common in memoirs and stories about Eastern European Jewish life.
How MELAMED is used
Melamed is mainly found in writing about Jewish history and traditional schooling.
- The melamed taught the boys to read the prayers aloud.
- In the story, a poor melamed walks from village to village.
- His grandfather had been a melamed in a small town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELAMED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MELAMED
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Common questions about MELAMED
- Is MELAMED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELAMED, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELAMED worth?
- MELAMED is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELAMED mean?
- A teacher of young children in a traditional Jewish school.
- What letters can be added to MELAMED?
- No single letter can be added to MELAMED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MELAMED:
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