MIMSY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. MIMSY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MIMSY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIMSY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIMSY
No single letter turns MIMSY into another word.
How MIMSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MIMSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does MIMSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Prim, feeble and easily upset, or affectedly delicate in manner.
Mimsy blends the sense of prim and the sense of flimsy into a single word for someone who seems both prudish and lacking in backbone. Lewis Carroll used the word in the nonsense poem Jabberwocky, and it later escaped the poem to become an ordinary, if informal, adjective for describing fussy or over-delicate behaviour. A mimsy complaint is a feeble, prissy one, and a mimsy person is easily flustered by anything slightly out of the ordinary. The word carries a faintly mocking tone rather than a neutral, clinical one.
How MIMSY is used
Informal British usage, typically mildly disparaging when describing a person's manner as prim, feeble or easily flustered.
- He gave a mimsy little cough before objecting.
- Critics called the remake mimsy compared with the bold original.
- Her mimsy protest did nothing to change his mind.
- The character is played as a mimsy, fussing schoolteacher.
- Don't be so mimsy about a bit of mud on your shoes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIMSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MIMSY
Common questions about MIMSY
- Is MIMSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIMSY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIMSY worth?
- MIMSY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIMSY mean?
- Prim, feeble and easily upset, or affectedly delicate in manner.
- What letters can be added to MIMSY?
- No single letter can be added to MIMSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MIMSY:
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