MENSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MENSE 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 MENSE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MENSE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MENSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MENSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MENSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What stands out about MENSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MENSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
Good sense, dignity, or propriety in behavior; also, neatness or tidiness, especially in Scots usage.
Mense describes the kind of quiet self-respect and good manners that keep a person from acting foolishly or carelessly, and it can also describe a house or room kept neat and orderly. The word survives mainly in Scots and northern English dialect rather than in standard English, where no single word covers exactly the same mix of dignity and tidiness. As a verb, mense can also mean to grace or do credit to something, as in a well-set table that graces the whole meal.
How MENSE is used
A Scots and dialect word for propriety or tidiness, rarely met outside dialect speech and older texts.
- He had enough mense not to argue at his neighbor's funeral.
- The old woman kept her kitchen with great mense.
- It showed little mense to laugh during the ceremony.
- A tidy garden gave the cottage a real sense of mense.
- Her quiet mense won more respect than any loud boasting could.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MENSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MENSE
The 5 tiles of MENSE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with MENSE
5 longer words begin with MENSE.
Words ending in MENSE
1 words end in MENSE. Useful as a back hook: play MENSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with MENSE inside
6 words contain MENSE in the middle. Words that start with MENSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MENSE
Common questions about MENSE
- Is MENSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MENSE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MENSE worth?
- MENSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MENSE mean?
- Good sense, dignity, or propriety in behavior; also, neatness or tidiness, especially in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to MENSE?
- MENSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MENSE:
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