META is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. META 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 META?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful META is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for META
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
metalChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How META scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in META, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about META
- The same 4 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 META mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Referring to itself or to the conventions of its own genre or category, in a self-aware or self-referential way.
A meta joke, film, or comment steps outside its own story to comment on storytelling itself, as when a character in a film admits that they are in a film. The same short word also names a position in chemistry, on a benzene ring, but the self-referential sense is the one most readers now meet.
How META is used
Informal and mainly modern, common in discussion of film, fiction, and games; the chemical sense belongs to a separate technical vocabulary.
- The film includes a meta scene where the director appears on screen.
- Critics called the ending wonderfully meta.
- The joke was so meta that it commented on its own punchline.
- Fans enjoyed the meta reference to the studio's earlier films.
- The novel's narrator makes a meta remark about writing novels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of META and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of META
The 4 tiles of META in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with META
Showing 24 of 370 words that begin with META.
Words with META inside
Showing 24 of 99 words that contain META somewhere in the middle. Words that start with META are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in META
Common questions about META
- Is META valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts META, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is META worth?
- META is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does META mean?
- Referring to itself or to the conventions of its own genre or category, in a self-aware or self-referential way.
- What letters can be added to META?
- META takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of META:
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