MELLIFIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MELLIFIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELLIFIC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELLIFIC is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELLIFIC
No single letter turns MELLIFIC into another word.
How MELLIFIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MELLIFIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELLIFIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MELLIFIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Producing or forming honey.
Poets and naturalists reach for mellific when they want to describe bees, flowers or hives in elevated language. The Latin root for honey is easy to hear in the word.
How MELLIFIC is used
Used in literary or scientific writing about bees and honey.
- The mellific bees worked all summer in the orchard.
- He praised the mellific power of the clover fields.
- A mellific hum rose from the hive at dusk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELLIFIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELLIFIC
2 longer words begin with MELLIFIC.
Shorter words from the letters in MELLIFIC
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Common questions about MELLIFIC
- Is MELLIFIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELLIFIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELLIFIC worth?
- MELLIFIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELLIFIC mean?
- Producing or forming honey.
- What letters can be added to MELLIFIC?
- No single letter can be added to MELLIFIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MELLIFIC:
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