MISALLIANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MISALLIANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISALLIANCE?
| 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 MISALLIANCE is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISALLIANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
misalliancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MISALLIANCE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MISALLIANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISALLIANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MISALLIANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An unsuitable union, especially a marriage between people of very different background.
A misalliance is judged badly by the families or society around it, often because of unequal rank or temperament. Nineteenth-century novels are full of such mismatched couples.
How MISALLIANCE is used
Found mostly in literary and historical writing about marriage and partnerships.
- Her family called the marriage a hopeless misalliance.
- The novel turns on a misalliance between a baron and a shopkeeper.
- A political misalliance soon fell apart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISALLIANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MISALLIANCE
1 longer words begin with MISALLIANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in MISALLIANCE
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Common questions about MISALLIANCE
- Is MISALLIANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISALLIANCE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISALLIANCE worth?
- MISALLIANCE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISALLIANCE mean?
- An unsuitable union, especially a marriage between people of very different background.
- What letters can be added to MISALLIANCE?
- MISALLIANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MISALLIANCE:
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