MIRS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MIRS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIRS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIRS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIRS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MIRS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MIRS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about MIRS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MIRS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
Village communities in pre-revolutionary Russia in which peasant families held and periodically redistributed farmland among themselves.
Mirs organised land use at the village level, deciding which family farmed which strip of ground each season. This system of periodic redistribution lasted for generations. Land reforms in the early twentieth century eventually broke the old system apart.
How MIRS is used
Found mainly in history writing about rural Russia before 1917.
- Historians describe how mirs decided which family farmed each strip of land.
- The reforms aimed to break up the old mirs and grant individual ownership.
- Peasants in different mirs followed slightly different customs of redistribution.
- Records from several mirs survive in regional archives.
- Officials visited the mirs to explain the new land laws.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIRS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MIRS
The 4 tiles of MIRS in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in MIRS
4 words end in MIRS. Useful as a back hook: play MIRS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in MIRS
Common questions about MIRS
- Is MIRS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIRS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIRS worth?
- MIRS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIRS mean?
- Village communities in pre-revolutionary Russia in which peasant families held and periodically redistributed farmland among themselves.
- What letters can be added to MIRS?
- MIRS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MIRS:
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