MILPA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MILPA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILPA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILPA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILPA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
milpasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILPA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MILPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does MILPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A small farm plot in Mexico and Central America, traditionally cleared from forest and planted with corn, often alongside beans and squash.
A milpa is worked using a traditional slash-and-burn method in which farmers clear a patch of land, plant it for a few seasons, and then let it rest so the forest can regrow while another plot is cultivated. The word comes from Nahuatl and describes both the physical field and the broader farming system built around it, which has supported Mesoamerican communities for centuries. Agricultural researchers often point to the milpa as an example of sustainable, low-impact farming that has endured far longer than many modern monoculture systems.
How MILPA is used
Regional agricultural term from Mexico and Central America; used both by farmers and by scholars of traditional agriculture.
- The family planted corn and beans together in their milpa.
- Smoke rose from a newly cleared milpa on the hillside.
- Anthropologists studied how the milpa system sustains soil fertility.
- Each spring the villagers burned the old milpa before replanting.
- The guide explained how a milpa rotates between farmland and forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILPA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MILPA
The 5 tiles of MILPA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MILPA
1 longer words begin with MILPA.
Shorter words from the letters in MILPA
Common questions about MILPA
- Is MILPA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILPA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILPA worth?
- MILPA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILPA mean?
- A small farm plot in Mexico and Central America, traditionally cleared from forest and planted with corn, often alongside beans and squash.
- What letters can be added to MILPA?
- MILPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MILPA:
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