MEM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MEM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEM?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEM is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,475.
What stands out about MEM
- MEM is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MEM mean in Scrabble?
noun
The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Mem has a separate form for the end of a word, and that final shape is closed on all four sides where the ordinary one is open. The name means water, and the earliest version of the letter was a wavy line drawn to look like exactly that.
How MEM is used
Countable: a mem, two mems.
- The final mem is closed and the ordinary one is not.
- A mem at the end of a word looks like a box.
- The name mem means water.
- Two mems in one word take different shapes.
- The earliest mem was drawn as a wave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEM
Showing 24 of 86 words that begin with MEM.
Words ending in MEM
1 words end in MEM. Useful as a back hook: play MEM onto a word already on the board.
Words with MEM inside
Showing 24 of 89 words that contain MEM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MEM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MEM
Common questions about MEM
- Is MEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEM worth?
- MEM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEM mean?
- The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- What letters can be added to MEM?
- MEM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MEM:
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