MIASM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MIASM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIASM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIASM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIASM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIASM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MIASM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What stands out about MIASM
- MIASM begins and ends with the same letter.
- The same 5 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 MIASM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
A noxious vapor once believed to rise from decaying matter or foul air and cause disease; an older form of miasma.
Before germ theory replaced it, physicians blamed a bad-smelling miasm rising from swamps, sewage, or rotting material for outbreaks of fevers and plague, and cities built early sanitation systems partly to clear the air of this supposed threat. The word survives today mostly in historical writing and, in a specialized sense, in homeopathy, where a miasm refers to an inherited predisposition to illness. The theory that a miasm alone caused disease faded once scientists identified specific germs, but the word remains useful for describing any foul, oppressive atmosphere, literal or figurative.
How MIASM is used
Archaic and historical; encountered in older medical or literary texts more than in current usage, where miasma is now preferred.
- Doctors of the era blamed the fever on a rising miasm.
- A thick miasm hung over the marsh at dusk.
- The old text describes the miasm as the source of the plague.
- Homeopaths still speak of an inherited miasm behind chronic illness.
- City engineers drained the swamp to banish the miasm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIASM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MIASM
The 5 tiles of MIASM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MIASM
11 longer words begin with MIASM.
Shorter words from the letters in MIASM
Common questions about MIASM
- Is MIASM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIASM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIASM worth?
- MIASM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIASM mean?
- A noxious vapor once believed to rise from decaying matter or foul air and cause disease; an older form of miasma.
- What letters can be added to MIASM?
- MIASM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MIASM:
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