MILIEU is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MILIEU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILIEU?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILIEU is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILIEU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILIEU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MILIEU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What stands out about MILIEU
- MILIEU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MILIEU mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The social environment or surrounding circumstances in which a person lives, works, or develops.
Milieu is a French loanword describing the whole cultural, social, or physical setting around someone, rather than a single place or fact about them. Sociologists and writers use it to explain how a person's habits, speech, or outlook were shaped by the surroundings they grew up or worked in. Unlike the more physical word environment, milieu leans toward describing people, customs, and social atmosphere.
How MILIEU is used
Formal noun, common in sociology, literary criticism, and biography; plural is milieus or the French milieux.
- The novel captures the milieu of a small mining town in the 1920s.
- Raised in an academic milieu, she was reading philosophy by age twelve.
- The director wanted the film to reflect the milieu of postwar Paris.
- His new milieu at the law firm felt colder than the classroom ever had.
- Historians study the milieu that produced such radical ideas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILIEU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILIEU
2 longer words begin with MILIEU.
Shorter words from the letters in MILIEU
Common questions about MILIEU
- Is MILIEU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILIEU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILIEU worth?
- MILIEU is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILIEU mean?
- The social environment or surrounding circumstances in which a person lives, works, or develops.
- What letters can be added to MILIEU?
- MILIEU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MILIEU:
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