MISCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. MISCH 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MISCH?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISCH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISCH
No single letter turns MISCH into another word.
How MISCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MISCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does MISCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
An alloy of cerium, lanthanum and other rare-earth metals, used chiefly as the sparking flint in cigarette lighters.
Misch takes its name from the German word for mixed, reflecting the way several rare-earth elements are combined in the alloy. Engineers value misch for its pyrophoric property, meaning it throws sparks readily when scratched, which is exactly what a lighter flint needs to do. The term almost always appears attached to the word metal, as in misch metal, rather than standing entirely alone in ordinary writing. Outside cigarette lighters, small amounts of the alloy also turn up in certain steel and magnesium additives.
How MISCH is used
Technical, found mainly in chemistry and materials contexts, almost always in the fixed phrase misch metal.
- The flint in the lighter is made from misch metal.
- Engineers add misch alloy to certain steels for extra strength.
- A spark from the misch metal ignites the lighter's fuel.
- The supplier lists misch metal among its rare-earth products.
- Old textbooks describe misch as a mixture of cerium and lanthanum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MISCH
Showing 24 of 42 words that begin with MISCH.
Shorter words from the letters in MISCH
Common questions about MISCH
- Is MISCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISCH worth?
- MISCH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISCH mean?
- An alloy of cerium, lanthanum and other rare-earth metals, used chiefly as the sparking flint in cigarette lighters.
- What letters can be added to MISCH?
- No single letter can be added to MISCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MISCH:
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