MINCEMEAT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MINCEMEAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MINCEMEAT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MINCEMEAT is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MINCEMEAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mincemeatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MINCEMEAT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MINCEMEAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MINCEMEAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MINCEMEAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sweet mixture of chopped dried fruit, spices and suet or fat, used to fill small pies at Christmas.
Despite the name, modern British mincemeat usually contains no meat at all, though older recipes did include minced beef or tongue. It is made well ahead of time and left to mature. The phrase make mincemeat of someone means to defeat them completely.
How MINCEMEAT is used
Used in cooking, and in the idiom make mincemeat of.
- She spooned the mincemeat into the pastry cases.
- A jar of homemade mincemeat sat in the pantry until December.
- Our team made mincemeat of the visitors in the final.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MINCEMEAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MINCEMEAT
1 longer words begin with MINCEMEAT.
Shorter words from the letters in MINCEMEAT
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Common questions about MINCEMEAT
- Is MINCEMEAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MINCEMEAT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MINCEMEAT worth?
- MINCEMEAT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MINCEMEAT mean?
- A sweet mixture of chopped dried fruit, spices and suet or fat, used to fill small pies at Christmas.
- What letters can be added to MINCEMEAT?
- MINCEMEAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MINCEMEAT:
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