MINISTATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MINISTATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MINISTATE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MINISTATE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MINISTATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ministatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MINISTATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MINISTATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MINISTATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MINISTATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A very small independent country, with a tiny area and population.
Geographers point to places such as Monaco or San Marino when they speak of a ministate. Such countries often depend on neighbours or on tourism and finance to get by.
How MINISTATE is used
Found in political and geographic writing, usually when comparing countries by size.
- The tiny ministate has fewer residents than a large town.
- Every ministate must still defend its borders somehow.
- Tourism keeps the ministate wealthy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MINISTATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MINISTATE
The 9 tiles of MINISTATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MINISTATE
1 longer words begin with MINISTATE.
Shorter words from the letters in MINISTATE
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Common questions about MINISTATE
- Is MINISTATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MINISTATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MINISTATE worth?
- MINISTATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MINISTATE mean?
- A very small independent country, with a tiny area and population.
- What letters can be added to MINISTATE?
- MINISTATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MINISTATE:
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