MHO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MHO?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MHO is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MHO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mhosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MHO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What stands out about MHO
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 MHO mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An old unit of electrical conductance.
Mho is another word spelled backwards, and the joke is the definition: what it measures is the reciprocal of what the other one measures, so the same reversal was applied to the name. It was replaced by the siemens in 1971 and survives on older equipment and in the memory of anybody trained on it.
How MHO is used
Countable: a mho, two mhos. Superseded by the siemens.
- The meter reads in mhos and the manual in siemens.
- A mho is the reciprocal of the older unit.
- Nobody has specified anything in mhos since the 1970s.
- The word mho is a joke that became a standard.
- Two mhos on that scale is a very good conductor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MHO
The 3 tiles of MHO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MHO
3 longer words begin with MHO.
Words ending in MHO
3 words end in MHO. Useful as a back hook: play MHO onto a word already on the board.
Words with MHO inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain MHO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MHO
Common questions about MHO
- Is MHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MHO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MHO worth?
- MHO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MHO mean?
- An old unit of electrical conductance.
- What letters can be added to MHO?
- MHO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MHO:
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