MICROIMAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MICROIMAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MICROIMAGE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MICROIMAGE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MICROIMAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
microimagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MICROIMAGE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MICROIMAGE, 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 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MICROIMAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MICROIMAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A photographic image reduced to a very small size, as on microfilm, that must be magnified to be read.
Archives once stored whole pages as a microimage so that thousands of documents fitted in a small drawer. A reader machine enlarges the microimage back to a readable size.
How MICROIMAGE is used
Used in libraries, archives and photography when talking about reduced copies of documents.
- Each newspaper page was stored as a microimage on a long reel.
- The librarian focused the viewer until the microimage was sharp.
- A single card could carry dozens of microimage frames.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MICROIMAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MICROIMAGE
1 longer words begin with MICROIMAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in MICROIMAGE
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Common questions about MICROIMAGE
- Is MICROIMAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MICROIMAGE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MICROIMAGE worth?
- MICROIMAGE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MICROIMAGE mean?
- A photographic image reduced to a very small size, as on microfilm, that must be magnified to be read.
- What letters can be added to MICROIMAGE?
- MICROIMAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MICROIMAGE:
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