MISDO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MISDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISDO?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISDO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISDO
No single letter turns MISDO into another word.
How MISDO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MISDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does MISDO mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To do something wrongly, badly, or improperly; to commit a wrong or an offence, especially against another person.
Older English used misdo both transitively and intransitively, letting a writer say that someone misdid a task, performing it badly or incorrectly, or that someone misdid against another person, meaning they wronged or harmed them through unjust behaviour. The word combines the negative prefix mis-, meaning wrongly or badly, with the common verb do, following the same pattern seen in misunderstand and mislead. Once common in religious and legal English, where to misdo could describe sinning against God or wronging a neighbour, the verb faded from everyday speech as simpler phrases like do wrong or wrong someone took over. Today misdo survives mainly in older literature, historical fiction, and dictionaries of archaic vocabulary rather than in ordinary modern conversation.
How MISDO is used
An archaic verb, met mainly in older literature and historical or religious writing, meaning to do wrong or to act unjustly toward someone.
- The old text warns against those who misdo their neighbours.
- He feared he had misdone the task entrusted to him.
- The knight vowed never to misdo an innocent traveller.
- Scripture cautions the faithful not to misdo one another.
- The chronicle accused the steward of having misdone the tenants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISDO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MISDO
The 5 tiles of MISDO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MISDO
12 longer words begin with MISDO.
Shorter words from the letters in MISDO
Common questions about MISDO
- Is MISDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISDO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISDO worth?
- MISDO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISDO mean?
- To do something wrongly, badly, or improperly; to commit a wrong or an offence, especially against another person.
- What letters can be added to MISDO?
- No single letter can be added to MISDO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MISDO:
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