MILLIREM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MILLIREM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILLIREM?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILLIREM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILLIREM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
milliremsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILLIREM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MILLIREM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MILLIREM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MILLIREM
- MILLIREM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MILLIREM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit for measuring radiation dose, equal to one thousandth of a rem.
Safety reports quote small exposures, such as a dental x-ray, in millirem so the figures stay readable. Most countries now use the sievert instead, but older American documents still prefer this unit.
How MILLIREM is used
Found in older radiation safety and health physics texts.
- A chest x-ray delivers only a few millirem.
- The badge recorded twelve millirem that month.
- Annual background radiation is hundreds of millirem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILLIREM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILLIREM
1 longer words begin with MILLIREM.
Shorter words from the letters in MILLIREM
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Common questions about MILLIREM
- Is MILLIREM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILLIREM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILLIREM worth?
- MILLIREM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILLIREM mean?
- A unit for measuring radiation dose, equal to one thousandth of a rem.
- What letters can be added to MILLIREM?
- MILLIREM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MILLIREM:
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