MELL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does MELL mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsarchaic
To mix, meddle, or become involved with someone or something.
Older Scots writing warns a cautious person not to mell with matters that are none of their business. The same verb once meant simply to mix ingredients. It could also describe associating closely with other people.
How MELL is used
Now confined to older Scots texts and to deliberately archaic writing; rare in modern speech.
- The old rhyme warns a body not to mell with things that bring only trouble.
- He was told firmly to mell no further in his neighbour's business.
- The two clans agreed never again to mell in one another's quarrels.
- She refused to mell with the plan once she saw how reckless it was.
- In the old tale, the miller would mell the grain with ash to cheat his customers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELL
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with MELL.
Words ending in MELL
5 words end in MELL. Useful as a back hook: play MELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with MELL inside
Showing 24 of 86 words that contain MELL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MELL
Common questions about MELL
- Is MELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELL worth?
- MELL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELL mean?
- To mix, meddle, or become involved with someone or something.
- What letters can be added to MELL?
- MELL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MELL:
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