MIME is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MIME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIME?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIME is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does MIME mean in Scrabble?
noun
Acting without words, using gesture alone.
Mime is Greek and named a kind of farce in antiquity, which involved a good deal of speech. The silent sense is a twentieth-century narrowing of a much broader word.
How MIME is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb.
- A mime holds an audience without saying anything.
- The word mime named a spoken farce in antiquity.
- They mimed the whole scene twice.
- The silent sense of mime is a modern narrowing.
- Two mimes worked the same square.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIME
22 longer words begin with MIME.
Words ending in MIME
1 words end in MIME. Useful as a back hook: play MIME onto a word already on the board.
Words with MIME inside
20 words contain MIME in the middle. Words that start with MIME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MIME
Common questions about MIME
- Is MIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIME, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIME worth?
- MIME is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIME mean?
- Acting without words, using gesture alone.
- What letters can be added to MIME?
- MIME takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MIME:
Open MIME in the Word Finder