MESE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. MESE 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 MESE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MESE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MESE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MESE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,427.
What stands out about MESE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 MESE mean in Scrabble?
noun
musichistorical
In ancient Greek music theory, the middle string of the lyre and the note it produced.
The mese sat at the centre of the tetrachord system that ancient Greek theorists used to describe scales, and it served as a fixed reference note around which other strings were tuned. The term is kept today mainly by historians and scholars writing about ancient and Byzantine music.
How MESE is used
A specialist term found in writing on ancient Greek and Byzantine music theory, not in general musical vocabulary.
- The theorist described the mese as the anchor of the whole scale.
- Strings were tuned above and below the mese in fixed intervals.
- Byzantine chant modes are still explained with reference to the ancient mese.
- A shift in the mese changed the character of the entire mode.
- Scholars debate how the mese was pitched on different instruments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MESE
The 4 tiles of MESE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with MESE
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with MESE.
Words ending in MESE
3 words end in MESE. Useful as a back hook: play MESE onto a word already on the board.
Words with MESE inside
22 words contain MESE in the middle. Words that start with MESE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MESE
Common questions about MESE
- Is MESE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MESE is not in it.
- How many points is MESE worth?
- MESE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESE mean?
- In ancient Greek music theory, the middle string of the lyre and the note it produced.
- What letters can be added to MESE?
- MESE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MESE:
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