MIDGUT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MIDGUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIDGUT?
| 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 MIDGUT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIDGUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
midgutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIDGUT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MIDGUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does MIDGUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The middle section of the digestive tract of an animal or embryo.
In an insect the midgut is the main place where food is digested and absorbed, lying between the foregut and the hindgut. In a human embryo it is the middle part of the developing gut, which later forms most of the small intestine. Scientists who study disease carriers often examine the midgut, since many parasites settle there.
How MIDGUT is used
Technical; used in anatomy, embryology and entomology.
- The parasite multiplies inside the mosquito midgut.
- Cells lining the midgut absorb the digested food.
- In the embryo the midgut loops out and then returns.
- Researchers dissected the midgut of each beetle.
- The midgut is shorter in insects that eat only liquid food.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIDGUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIDGUT
1 longer words begin with MIDGUT.
Shorter words from the letters in MIDGUT
Common questions about MIDGUT
- Is MIDGUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIDGUT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIDGUT worth?
- MIDGUT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIDGUT mean?
- The middle section of the digestive tract of an animal or embryo.
- What letters can be added to MIDGUT?
- MIDGUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MIDGUT:
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