MELANOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MELANOUS 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 MELANOUS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELANOUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELANOUS
No single letter turns MELANOUS into another word.
How MELANOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MELANOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELANOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MELANOUS
- All 8 letters of MELANOUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MELANOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Having dark skin and black hair.
Melanous is a rare term from older anthropology and natural history, in which human types were described by complexion. It is seldom used today outside quotations from such texts.
How MELANOUS is used
Melanous appears in old scientific writing about colouring.
- The old survey described the melanous people of the coast.
- A melanous complexion was noted in the traveller's journal.
- Nineteenth-century texts often use melanous in this way.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELANOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MELANOUS
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Common questions about MELANOUS
- Is MELANOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELANOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELANOUS worth?
- MELANOUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELANOUS mean?
- Having dark skin and black hair.
- What letters can be added to MELANOUS?
- No single letter can be added to MELANOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MELANOUS:
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