MIAUL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MIAUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIAUL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIAUL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIAUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
miaulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIAUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MIAUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about MIAUL
- MIAUL runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MIAUL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make the drawn-out, often plaintive crying sound of a cat.
Miaul describes a cat's cry with a stronger sense of a sustained or repeated wail than the single sound suggested by meow. Writers reach for miaul when a cat sounds distressed, hungry, or insistent rather than merely announcing itself. The word comes from the French miauler and appears mostly in literary description rather than everyday speech.
How MIAUL is used
Literary verb; past tense is miauled, describing an ongoing or repeated cry rather than a single sound.
- The stray cat miauled outside the window all night.
- Hungry kittens miaul until they are fed.
- She heard something miaul faintly under the porch.
- The old tomcat miauled at every passing stranger.
- A single miaul broke the silence of the alley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIAUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MIAUL
The 5 tiles of MIAUL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MIAUL
3 longer words begin with MIAUL.
Shorter words from the letters in MIAUL
Common questions about MIAUL
- Is MIAUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIAUL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIAUL worth?
- MIAUL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIAUL mean?
- To make the drawn-out, often plaintive crying sound of a cat.
- What letters can be added to MIAUL?
- MIAUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MIAUL:
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