MICROFILM is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MICROFILM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MICROFILM?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MICROFILM is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MICROFILM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
microfilmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MICROFILM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MICROFILM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MICROFILM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MICROFILM
- MICROFILM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MICROFILM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Film carrying greatly reduced photographs of documents, newspapers or books for compact storage.
Libraries kept old newspapers on reels of it, to be read in a special viewer, before everything went digital. Archivists favoured microfilm because it saved space and lasted for decades.
How MICROFILM is used
Also used as a verb meaning to photograph a document onto such film.
- She read the 1910 newspaper on microfilm at the library.
- The archive stores its records on microfilm to save space.
- The reels of microfilm were kept in a cool cabinet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MICROFILM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MICROFILM
6 longer words begin with MICROFILM.
Shorter words from the letters in MICROFILM
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Common questions about MICROFILM
- Is MICROFILM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MICROFILM, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MICROFILM worth?
- MICROFILM is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MICROFILM mean?
- Film carrying greatly reduced photographs of documents, newspapers or books for compact storage.
- What letters can be added to MICROFILM?
- MICROFILM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MICROFILM:
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