MENSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MENSAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MENSAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MENSAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MENSAL
No single letter turns MENSAL into another word.
How MENSAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MENSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does MENSAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rarearchaic
Belonging to, or used at, the dining table; also, occurring once a month.
Mensal comes from the Latin word for table, mensa, so mensal conversation or mensal habits describe things connected with sitting and eating at table. A separate, older sense of mensal derives instead from mensis, month, and simply means monthly, though this use is now rare and mostly historical, applied for example to a payment due once a month. Because the two origins collide in a single short word, mensal is normally understood only from its context.
How MENSAL is used
Rare and mostly literary or historical; encountered far more often in older writing than in current speech.
- Their mensal talk ranged easily from politics to poetry.
- The old household kept strict mensal customs at every meal.
- A mensal allowance was paid to the clergyman each month.
- Guests admired the family's mensal manners during dinner.
- The record listed a mensal payment due on the first of each month.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MENSAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MENSAL
The 6 tiles of MENSAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MENSAL
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Common questions about MENSAL
- Is MENSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MENSAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MENSAL worth?
- MENSAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MENSAL mean?
- Belonging to, or used at, the dining table; also, occurring once a month.
- What letters can be added to MENSAL?
- No single letter can be added to MENSAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MENSAL:
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