MINGIMINGI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points

It depends on the list you play by. MINGIMINGI 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept MINGIMINGI?

Word power: 32 / 100

Our own measure of how useful MINGIMINGI is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for MINGIMINGI

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How MINGIMINGI scores

Face value of the 10 tiles in MINGIMINGI, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MINGIMINGI has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about MINGIMINGI

• The letter I appears four times in MINGIMINGI.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with MINGIMINGI

1 longer words begin with MINGIMINGI.

Shorter words from the letters in MINGIMINGI

Common questions about MINGIMINGI

Is MINGIMINGI valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MINGIMINGI is not in it.

How many points is MINGIMINGI worth?

MINGIMINGI is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to MINGIMINGI?

MINGIMINGI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.