MICROWORLD is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MICROWORLD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MICROWORLD?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MICROWORLD is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MICROWORLD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
microworldsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MICROWORLD scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MICROWORLD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MICROWORLD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MICROWORLD mean in Scrabble?
noun
The world as seen at microscopic scale, or a small simulated environment that models part of reality.
Biologists speak of a microworld when describing life seen under a lens. Computer scientists use the same word for a small virtual setting built for learning or testing ideas.
How MICROWORLD is used
Used in science writing and in computing and education.
- A drop of pond water hides a whole microworld.
- Children explored a maths microworld on the computer.
- The photographs showed the microworld of moss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MICROWORLD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MICROWORLD
1 longer words begin with MICROWORLD.
Shorter words from the letters in MICROWORLD
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Common questions about MICROWORLD
- Is MICROWORLD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MICROWORLD, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MICROWORLD worth?
- MICROWORLD is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MICROWORLD mean?
- The world as seen at microscopic scale, or a small simulated environment that models part of reality.
- What letters can be added to MICROWORLD?
- MICROWORLD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MICROWORLD:
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