MIREPOIX is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. MIREPOIX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIREPOIX?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIREPOIX is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIREPOIX
No single letter turns MIREPOIX into another word.
How MIREPOIX scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MIREPOIX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MIREPOIX has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MIREPOIX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A mixture of diced vegetables, usually onion, carrot and celery, cooked gently in fat as the flavour base for sauces, soups and braises.
French cooks start countless dishes with a mirepoix, and the proportions are traditionally two parts onion to one each of carrot and celery. Other cuisines have their own versions of the same idea.
How MIREPOIX is used
Used in cookery writing and recipes, usually as the first step of a dish.
- Start the stew by softening a mirepoix in butter.
- A good mirepoix should be cooked slowly without browning.
- The chef chopped the mirepoix into small, even cubes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIREPOIX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MIREPOIX
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Common questions about MIREPOIX
- Is MIREPOIX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIREPOIX, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIREPOIX worth?
- MIREPOIX is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIREPOIX mean?
- A mixture of diced vegetables, usually onion, carrot and celery, cooked gently in fat as the flavour base for sauces, soups and braises.
- What letters can be added to MIREPOIX?
- No single letter can be added to MIREPOIX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MIREPOIX:
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