MESNE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MESNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESNE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MESNE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mesnesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MESNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MESNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What stands out about MESNE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 MESNE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Occupying a middle position in a chain of legal or feudal relationships; intermediate.
Mesne describes someone or something standing between two other parties in a legal arrangement, most often between a landowner and a tenant. A mesne lord held land from a higher lord while granting part of it to someone below, making him both tenant and landlord at once. The word survives today mainly in set legal phrases such as mesne profits, the money a wrongful occupier owes for use of land before a case is settled.
How MESNE is used
Formal legal adjective, almost always placed before a noun such as lord or profits.
- The court awarded mesne profits for the years of wrongful occupation.
- A mesne lord answered to the crown while overseeing his own tenants.
- Historians describe mesne tenures as typical of the feudal system.
- The mesne landlord collected rent before passing a share upward.
- Old land records still refer to mesne interests in the estate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MESNE
The 5 tiles of MESNE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with MESNE
1 longer words begin with MESNE.
Words ending in MESNE
1 words end in MESNE. Useful as a back hook: play MESNE onto a word already on the board.
Words with MESNE inside
1 words contain MESNE in the middle. Words that start with MESNE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MESNE
Common questions about MESNE
- Is MESNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESNE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESNE worth?
- MESNE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESNE mean?
- Occupying a middle position in a chain of legal or feudal relationships; intermediate.
- What letters can be added to MESNE?
- MESNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MESNE:
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