MISGRAFT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MISGRAFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISGRAFT?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISGRAFT is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISGRAFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
misgraftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MISGRAFT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MISGRAFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISGRAFT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MISGRAFT
- All 8 letters of MISGRAFT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MISGRAFT mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To graft a plant shoot or a piece of tissue incorrectly.
Grafting joins a cutting to a host, and if the cuts do not match the two never knit together. To misgraft is therefore to ruin the join through poor alignment or poor choice, which is a gardener's error more than a theory.
How MISGRAFT is used
The word is rare and appears in horticulture talk about failed joins.
- If you misgraft the scion, the cut edges will not meet and it dies.
- The apprentice was afraid he would misgraft the delicate branch.
- A misgraft shows up weeks later as a withered shoot.
- Tape the union firmly so you do not misgraft it in the wind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISGRAFT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MISGRAFT
3 longer words begin with MISGRAFT.
Shorter words from the letters in MISGRAFT
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Common questions about MISGRAFT
- Is MISGRAFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISGRAFT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISGRAFT worth?
- MISGRAFT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISGRAFT mean?
- To graft a plant shoot or a piece of tissue incorrectly.
- What letters can be added to MISGRAFT?
- MISGRAFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MISGRAFT:
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