MES is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 5 points
Yes for Scrabble. MES is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept MES?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MES is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MES scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does MES mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
In older tonic sol-fa notation, a name for the third note of the musical scale, now usually written as me or mi.
Mes was one of the syllables sung on the tonic sol-fa scale used to teach sight-singing, sitting between ray and fa. Later teaching methods shortened the syllable to me or mi, so mes now appears mainly in older songbooks and manuals.
How MES is used
Found in older music teaching texts rather than modern sol-fa practice.
- The choir practised do, ray, mes before moving up the scale.
- The old songbook still lists mes instead of mi.
- Students learning sol-fa sometimes confuse mes with me.
- The teacher sang mes slowly for the class to repeat.
- In the antique manual, mes marks the third step of the scale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MES
The 3 tiles of MES in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MES
Showing 24 of 304 words that begin with MES.
Words ending in MES
Showing 24 of 575 words that end in MES. Useful as a back hook: play MES onto a word already on the board.
Words with MES inside
Showing 24 of 306 words that contain MES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MES
Common questions about MES
- Is MES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MES is not in it.
- How many points is MES worth?
- MES is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MES mean?
- In older tonic sol-fa notation, a name for the third note of the musical scale, now usually written as me or mi.
- What letters can be added to MES?
- MES takes 7 hooks: 3 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MES:
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