MIASMA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MIASMA 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 MIASMA?
| 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 MIASMA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIASMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIASMA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MIASMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does MIASMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A foul-smelling, unhealthy vapour, or a heavy atmosphere of something harmful.
The word comes from a Greek term for pollution, and for centuries doctors believed that diseases such as malaria spread through bad air rising from marshes and rotting matter. That theory gave way to the germ theory, but the word survived in literary use for any thick, oppressive cloud. Writers now speak of a miasma of fumes, of rumour or of despair.
How MIASMA is used
Literary or figurative; the plural is miasmas or miasmata.
- A miasma rose from the stagnant swamp at dusk.
- The cellar held a miasma of damp and old cheese.
- A miasma of suspicion settled over the office.
- Victorian doctors blamed the miasma for the fever.
- He walked through the miasma of smoke without a mask.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIASMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIASMA
6 longer words begin with MIASMA.
Shorter words from the letters in MIASMA
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Common questions about MIASMA
- Is MIASMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIASMA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIASMA worth?
- MIASMA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIASMA mean?
- A foul-smelling, unhealthy vapour, or a heavy atmosphere of something harmful.
- What letters can be added to MIASMA?
- MIASMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MIASMA:
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