MILREIS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MILREIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILREIS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILREIS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILREIS
No single letter turns MILREIS into another word.
How MILREIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MILREIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What stands out about MILREIS
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MILREIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A former unit of money in Portugal and Brazil, worth one thousand reis.
Merchants once counted prices in milreis, a name literally meaning a thousand reis. Portugal replaced it with the escudo, and Brazil moved on to other currencies. The word now survives in history books and coin catalogues.
How MILREIS is used
The word milreis is historical, used in numismatics and trade history.
- The cargo was sold for five milreis a barrel.
- A silver milreis lay in the collectors tray.
- Old Brazilian accounts are written in milreis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILREIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MILREIS
The 7 tiles of MILREIS in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MILREIS
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Common questions about MILREIS
- Is MILREIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILREIS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILREIS worth?
- MILREIS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILREIS mean?
- A former unit of money in Portugal and Brazil, worth one thousand reis.
- What letters can be added to MILREIS?
- No single letter can be added to MILREIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MILREIS:
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