MISGUESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MISGUESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISGUESS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISGUESS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISGUESS
No single letter turns MISGUESS into another word.
How MISGUESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MISGUESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISGUESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MISGUESS mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To guess wrongly about an outcome or situation.
Where a miss in guessing is plain bad luck, to misguess suggests the error was made at the moment of choosing. Bridge players use it for picking the wrong way to play a suit.
How MISGUESS is used
Misguess is rare in everyday talk and appears chiefly in card-game commentary.
- I tend to misguess the weather whenever I leave the umbrella at home.
- Declarer chose to misguess the position of the queen.
- It is easy to misguess a stranger age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISGUESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MISGUESS
3 longer words begin with MISGUESS.
Shorter words from the letters in MISGUESS
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Common questions about MISGUESS
- Is MISGUESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISGUESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISGUESS worth?
- MISGUESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISGUESS mean?
- To guess wrongly about an outcome or situation.
- What letters can be added to MISGUESS?
- No single letter can be added to MISGUESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MISGUESS:
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