MISFEASOR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MISFEASOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISFEASOR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISFEASOR is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISFEASOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
misfeasorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MISFEASOR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MISFEASOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISFEASOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MISFEASOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A person who carries out a lawful act in an improper or harmful way.
A misfeasor is a term from the law of negligence rather than an everyday insult. The task itself was within the person's rights; the fault lies in how it was done. This sets a misfeasor apart from a malfeasor, whose act is wrong from the start.
How MISFEASOR is used
Used mainly in legal writing about duties that were performed badly.
- The court found the contractor to be a misfeasor because he had followed the permit but ignored the safety rules.
- As a misfeasor, the trustee was liable for the careless way he invested the funds.
- No one called the clerk a misfeasor until the filing error cost the firm a client.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISFEASOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MISFEASOR
1 longer words begin with MISFEASOR.
Shorter words from the letters in MISFEASOR
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Common questions about MISFEASOR
- Is MISFEASOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISFEASOR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISFEASOR worth?
- MISFEASOR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISFEASOR mean?
- A person who carries out a lawful act in an improper or harmful way.
- What letters can be added to MISFEASOR?
- MISFEASOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MISFEASOR:
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