MISLABOR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MISLABOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISLABOR?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISLABOR is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISLABOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mislaborsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MISLABOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MISLABOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISLABOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MISLABOR
- All 8 letters of MISLABOR are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MISLABOR mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To work at something in a mistaken or ineffective way.
A rare coinage, mislabor describes effort that is spent badly, so the toil achieves little or goes wrong. It appears in dictionaries but almost never in ordinary speech.
How MISLABOR is used
The American spelling of an uncommon verb.
- The apprentice began to mislabor over the delicate repair.
- Do not mislabor the point with needless detail.
- Workers who mislabor on a faulty plan waste days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISLABOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MISLABOR
The 8 tiles of MISLABOR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MISLABOR
3 longer words begin with MISLABOR.
Shorter words from the letters in MISLABOR
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Common questions about MISLABOR
- Is MISLABOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISLABOR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISLABOR worth?
- MISLABOR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISLABOR mean?
- To work at something in a mistaken or ineffective way.
- What letters can be added to MISLABOR?
- MISLABOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MISLABOR:
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