MILKSHED is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MILKSHED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILKSHED?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILKSHED is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILKSHED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
milkshedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILKSHED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MILKSHED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MILKSHED has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MILKSHED
- All 8 letters of MILKSHED are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MILKSHED mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The region from which a town or city draws its supply of fresh milk.
The word works like watershed: all the dairy farms that feed one market make up its milkshed. Dairy economists use it when planning transport and pricing.
How MILKSHED is used
Used in agriculture and food-supply planning, mostly in North America.
- The city milkshed reached forty miles into the hills.
- Farms in the milkshed delivered each morning.
- A drought cut the size of the milkshed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILKSHED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILKSHED
1 longer words begin with MILKSHED.
Shorter words from the letters in MILKSHED
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Common questions about MILKSHED
- Is MILKSHED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILKSHED, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILKSHED worth?
- MILKSHED is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILKSHED mean?
- The region from which a town or city draws its supply of fresh milk.
- What letters can be added to MILKSHED?
- MILKSHED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MILKSHED:
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