MIMEOGRAPH is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. MIMEOGRAPH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIMEOGRAPH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIMEOGRAPH is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIMEOGRAPH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mimeographsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIMEOGRAPH scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MIMEOGRAPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MIMEOGRAPH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MIMEOGRAPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
trademarkhistorical
A duplicating machine that prints many copies of a page by forcing ink through a stencil.
Schools and offices relied on the mimeograph for handouts and newsletters before photocopiers became cheap. The copies often came out with a faint purple tint and a distinctive chemical smell. The word can also name a single copy made in this way, and it works as a verb too.
How MIMEOGRAPH is used
Mostly found in reminiscences about school and office life in the twentieth century.
- The teacher ran off thirty copies on the mimeograph.
- A mimeograph stood in the corner of the church office.
- The club newsletter was typed on a stencil and printed on a mimeograph.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIMEOGRAPH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIMEOGRAPH
3 longer words begin with MIMEOGRAPH.
Shorter words from the letters in MIMEOGRAPH
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Common questions about MIMEOGRAPH
- Is MIMEOGRAPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIMEOGRAPH, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIMEOGRAPH worth?
- MIMEOGRAPH is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIMEOGRAPH mean?
- A duplicating machine that prints many copies of a page by forcing ink through a stencil.
- What letters can be added to MIMEOGRAPH?
- MIMEOGRAPH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MIMEOGRAPH:
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