MILLIGAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MILLIGAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILLIGAL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILLIGAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILLIGAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
milligalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILLIGAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MILLIGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MILLIGAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MILLIGAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of acceleration equal to one thousandth of a gal, used mainly for tiny variations in gravity.
Geophysicists reach for the milligal because the pull of gravity changes by only a few of them from place to place. Surveys for oil or buried rock record readings in this small unit.
How MILLIGAL is used
The milligal appears in geophysics and geodesy, where gravity readings are compared across a landscape.
- The gravimeter detected a drop of three milligal over the buried basin.
- A single milligal is roughly one millionth of the ordinary pull of gravity at the surface.
- Survey crews mapped the anomaly in milligal units.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILLIGAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILLIGAL
1 longer words begin with MILLIGAL.
Shorter words from the letters in MILLIGAL
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Common questions about MILLIGAL
- Is MILLIGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILLIGAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILLIGAL worth?
- MILLIGAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILLIGAL mean?
- A unit of acceleration equal to one thousandth of a gal, used mainly for tiny variations in gravity.
- What letters can be added to MILLIGAL?
- MILLIGAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MILLIGAL:
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