MIL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. MIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIL is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does MIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
The mil is used for wire, plastic sheet and coatings, where a thousandth of an inch is a practical size to work in. It is also a Cypriot coin and an angle used by artillery, and the three share nothing but their spelling.
How MIL is used
Countable: a mil, two mils.
- The sheet is four mil thick and tears at the fold.
- A mil is one thousandth of an inch.
- Coatings are specified in mils on American drawings.
- The word mil also names an angle used by gunners.
- Two mils of difference matters in wire and nowhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIL
Showing 24 of 367 words that begin with MIL.
Words ending in MIL
5 words end in MIL. Useful as a back hook: play MIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with MIL inside
Showing 24 of 441 words that contain MIL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MIL
Common questions about MIL
- Is MIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIL worth?
- MIL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIL mean?
- A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
- What letters can be added to MIL?
- MIL takes 8 hooks: 0 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MIL:
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