MELANIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MELANIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELANIAN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELANIAN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELANIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
melaniansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELANIAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MELANIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELANIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MELANIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A freshwater snail with a tall, turret-shaped shell, belonging to a family once called Melaniidae.
A melanian is known from rivers and ponds in warm regions, and aquarium keepers often meet such snails by accident. The classification has been revised, so the family name is now divided.
How MELANIAN is used
Melanian is a zoological term, used also as an adjective for the group.
- A melanian crawled across the gravel of the tank.
- The museum kept a melanian collected from an African river.
- Each melanian has a narrow, spiral shell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELANIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELANIAN
1 longer words begin with MELANIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in MELANIAN
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Common questions about MELANIAN
- Is MELANIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELANIAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELANIAN worth?
- MELANIAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELANIAN mean?
- A freshwater snail with a tall, turret-shaped shell, belonging to a family once called Melaniidae.
- What letters can be added to MELANIAN?
- MELANIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MELANIAN:
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