MENTUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MENTUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MENTUM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MENTUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MENTUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MENTUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MENTUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about MENTUM
- MENTUM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MENTUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The chin, or a chin-like part of an animal or plant.
Mentum is simply the Latin word for chin, kept in English as a scientific term. Anatomists use it for the chin itself, while entomologists apply it to a plate at the base of the lower lip of an insect. Botanists also use it for the small chin-like projection formed at the base of some orchid flowers.
How MENTUM is used
Technical; used in anatomy, entomology and botany.
- The beetle larva extends its hooked mentum to seize prey.
- A small mark on the mentum helps identify the species.
- The orchid has a short mentum below the lip.
- The surgeon measured the distance from the lip to the mentum.
- In this insect the mentum is wider than it is long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MENTUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MENTUM
Common questions about MENTUM
- Is MENTUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MENTUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MENTUM worth?
- MENTUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MENTUM mean?
- The chin, or a chin-like part of an animal or plant.
- What letters can be added to MENTUM?
- MENTUM takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MENTUM:
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