MENT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. MENT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MENT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MENT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MENT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MENT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does MENT mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To mix or blend; an archaic verb meaning to combine things together.
Ment is a variant of the older verb meng, itself an ancestor of the modern word mingle. Old chronicles and recipes use ment for anything from blending ingredients to describing two armies coming together in battle.
How MENT is used
Found only in older English texts and glossaries, not modern usage.
- The old recipe says to ment the flour with warm ale.
- He would ment his voice with the choir at evensong.
- The chronicler wrote how the two armies ment in battle.
- She liked to ment herbs and spices before cooking.
- Their fates ment together after the long journey.
- The brewer would ment hops and malt in the same vat.
- Old verse tells how earth and sky first ment as one.
- The potion required the healer to ment three separate roots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MENT and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see MENT
- Ment is a variant of the archaic verb meng, related to the modern word mingle.
- Some old texts use ment simply as a past-participle form meaning mixed.
Words starting with MENT
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with MENT.
Words ending in MENT
Showing 24 of 993 words that end in MENT. Useful as a back hook: play MENT onto a word already on the board.
Words with MENT inside
Showing 24 of 1642 words that contain MENT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MENT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MENT
Common questions about MENT
- Is MENT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MENT is not in it.
- How many points is MENT worth?
- MENT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MENT mean?
- To mix or blend; an archaic verb meaning to combine things together.
- What letters can be added to MENT?
- MENT takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MENT:
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