MESS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MESS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
messyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MESS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does MESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dirty, untidy, or confused state of things or of a place.
A mess can be as small as scattered papers on a desk or as large as a plan gone badly wrong, since the word covers both physical untidiness and a confused, troublesome situation. In the armed forces the same word also names the room or hall where personnel eat together, a sense kept alive in the phrase mess hall.
How MESS is used
Very common in everyday speech, both for physical untidiness and for a difficult situation.
- The children left the playroom in a terrible mess.
- His finances were a mess after the failed business.
- She cleaned up the mess before the guests arrived.
- The negotiations turned into a diplomatic mess.
- Officers ate together in the mess before the briefing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MESS
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with MESS.
Words ending in MESS
2 words end in MESS. Useful as a back hook: play MESS onto a word already on the board.
Words with MESS inside
7 words contain MESS in the middle. Words that start with MESS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MESS
Common questions about MESS
- Is MESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESS worth?
- MESS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESS mean?
- A dirty, untidy, or confused state of things or of a place.
- What letters can be added to MESS?
- MESS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MESS:
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