MINGS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. MINGS 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MINGS?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MINGS is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MINGS
No single letter turns MINGS into another word.
How MINGS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MINGS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does MINGS mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To mix something together; the Scots third-person singular present of ming.
Mings comes from the Scots verb ming, meaning to mix or blend, and takes the regular -s ending used for the third-person singular in English. It appears in Scots dialect writing when describing someone stirring or combining ingredients or materials.
How MINGS is used
Used in Scots dialect writing and speech rather than standard English.
- She mings the oats with warm water before serving.
- He always mings a little salt into the dough.
- The cook mings the batter until it is smooth.
- Grandmother mings her own remedy from dried herbs.
- He mings the paint thoroughly before starting the wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MINGS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in MINGS
Showing 24 of 120 words that end in MINGS. Useful as a back hook: play MINGS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in MINGS
Common questions about MINGS
- Is MINGS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MINGS is not in it.
- How many points is MINGS worth?
- MINGS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MINGS mean?
- To mix something together; the Scots third-person singular present of ming.
- What letters can be added to MINGS?
- No single letter can be added to MINGS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MINGS:
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