MELANISM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MELANISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELANISM?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELANISM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELANISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
melanismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELANISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MELANISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELANISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MELANISM
- MELANISM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MELANISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An unusually high amount of dark pigment in the skin, fur or feathers of an animal.
Black panthers are the best-known example, being leopards or jaguars that show melanism. Peppered moths in industrial Britain became a textbook case of how the trait can spread when dark colouring helps survival.
How MELANISM is used
Used in biology, especially about colour variation in animals.
- Melanism explains why some leopards look solid black.
- Biologists study melanism in moth populations.
- In that region, melanism is common among lizards on dark volcanic rock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELANISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELANISM
1 longer words begin with MELANISM.
Shorter words from the letters in MELANISM
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Common questions about MELANISM
- Is MELANISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELANISM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELANISM worth?
- MELANISM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELANISM mean?
- An unusually high amount of dark pigment in the skin, fur or feathers of an animal.
- What letters can be added to MELANISM?
- MELANISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MELANISM:
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