MENUDO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MENUDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MENUDO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MENUDO is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MENUDO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
menudosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MENUDO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MENUDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What does MENUDO mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A spicy Mexican soup made from beef tripe simmered with chili peppers and hominy.
Menudo is a traditional dish of Mexico and of Mexican-American kitchens in the southwestern United States. It is cooked slowly for hours, seasoned with chili, onion and oregano, and is often served on weekend mornings. Many people regard a bowl of it as a remedy for a hangover, and in Spanish the same word also means small or minor things.
How MENUDO is used
Used in English almost only for this soup, often on restaurant menus.
- Her grandmother cooked menudo every Sunday after church.
- The diner serves a bowl of menudo with lime and warm tortillas.
- He swears that menudo is the best cure for a long night.
- We ordered menudo, though none of us had tasted tripe before.
- The recipe for menudo calls for hours of slow simmering.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MENUDO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MENUDO
1 longer words begin with MENUDO.
Shorter words from the letters in MENUDO
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Common questions about MENUDO
- Is MENUDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MENUDO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MENUDO worth?
- MENUDO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MENUDO mean?
- A spicy Mexican soup made from beef tripe simmered with chili peppers and hominy.
- What letters can be added to MENUDO?
- MENUDO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MENUDO:
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