MILDEW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MILDEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILDEW?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILDEW is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILDEW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILDEW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MILDEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does MILDEW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thin whitish coating of tiny fungal threads that grows on plants, paper, cloth or other damp organic material.
Mildew appears wherever moisture lingers, such as on a shower curtain, a stack of old books or the leaves of a garden plant. It spreads as a pale, powdery or downy film and often brings a musty smell with it. The word is also used for the fungus itself, and as a verb it describes the process of being attacked by it. Keeping a space dry and well aired is the usual way to hold mildew back.
How MILDEW is used
Used in everyday speech for household damp and in gardening for a fungal disease of plants.
- There was mildew along the bottom of the bathroom wall.
- A faint smell of mildew hung over the cellar.
- The roses were dusted with white mildew by midsummer.
- Leave the tent open to dry, or the mildew will ruin the canvas.
- She scrubbed the grout to remove every trace of mildew.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILDEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILDEW
8 longer words begin with MILDEW.
Shorter words from the letters in MILDEW
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Common questions about MILDEW
- Is MILDEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILDEW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILDEW worth?
- MILDEW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILDEW mean?
- A thin whitish coating of tiny fungal threads that grows on plants, paper, cloth or other damp organic material.
- What letters can be added to MILDEW?
- MILDEW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MILDEW:
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