MISDEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MISDEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISDEAL?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISDEAL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISDEAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MISDEAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MISDEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What stands out about MISDEAL
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 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 MISDEAL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To deal playing cards wrongly, for example by giving a player too many or too few.
When a dealer makes a mistake like this, most card games require the hand to be collected and dealt again. As a noun, a misdeal is the faulty hand itself.
How MISDEAL is used
Misdeal is a card-game word, used both as a verb and as a noun.
- It is easy to misdeal when you are talking.
- The dealer called a misdeal and gathered the cards.
- Players groaned when they saw the misdeal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISDEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MISDEAL
The 7 tiles of MISDEAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with MISDEAL
5 longer words begin with MISDEAL.
Shorter words from the letters in MISDEAL
Showing 40 of 274. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about MISDEAL
- Is MISDEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISDEAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISDEAL worth?
- MISDEAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISDEAL mean?
- To deal playing cards wrongly, for example by giving a player too many or too few.
- What letters can be added to MISDEAL?
- MISDEAL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MISDEAL:
Open MISDEAL in the Word Finder