MESHUGAH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MESHUGAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESHUGAH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MESHUGAH is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESHUGAH
No single letter turns MESHUGAH into another word.
How MESHUGAH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MESHUGAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MESHUGAH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MESHUGAH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Crazy, mad or acting senselessly.
Meshugah comes from Yiddish and is used humorously more often than harshly. It can describe a person, an idea or a situation that seems to make no sense.
How MESHUGAH is used
Meshugah is informal, borrowed from Yiddish, and spelled several ways.
- My uncle thinks the whole plan is meshugah.
- You'd have to be meshugah to swim in that cold.
- The meshugah schedule left everyone exhausted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESHUGAH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MESHUGAH
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Common questions about MESHUGAH
- Is MESHUGAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESHUGAH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESHUGAH worth?
- MESHUGAH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESHUGAH mean?
- Crazy, mad or acting senselessly.
- What letters can be added to MESHUGAH?
- No single letter can be added to MESHUGAH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MESHUGAH:
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