MESOSAUR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MESOSAUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESOSAUR?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MESOSAUR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESOSAUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mesosaursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MESOSAUR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MESOSAUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MESOSAUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MESOSAUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small extinct aquatic reptile of the early Permian, with a long snout and many pointed teeth.
Fossils of the mesosaur turn up in both South America and Africa, which helped prove that those continents were once joined. It swam in shallow water and ate small crustaceans.
How MESOSAUR is used
Mesosaur is a palaeontological term.
- A mesosaur fossil was displayed in the museum.
- The mesosaur had a long tail and slender jaws.
- Finding a mesosaur on two continents supported the drift theory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESOSAUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MESOSAUR
1 longer words begin with MESOSAUR.
Shorter words from the letters in MESOSAUR
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Common questions about MESOSAUR
- Is MESOSAUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESOSAUR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESOSAUR worth?
- MESOSAUR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESOSAUR mean?
- A small extinct aquatic reptile of the early Permian, with a long snout and many pointed teeth.
- What letters can be added to MESOSAUR?
- MESOSAUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MESOSAUR:
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