MISMARRIAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MISMARRIAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISMARRIAGE?
| 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 MISMARRIAGE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISMARRIAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mismarriagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MISMARRIAGE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MISMARRIAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISMARRIAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MISMARRIAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An unsuitable or unhappy marriage.
Mismarriage is an old-fashioned word, found in older novels and plays where partners are badly matched in age, class or temperament. It carries a note of regret about a union that never should have happened.
How MISMARRIAGE is used
Mismarriage is dated and mostly seen in literature and history.
- The play describes a mismarriage between a young girl and an old miser.
- Her family saw the match as a mismarriage from the start.
- The novel is a bitter study of mismarriage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISMARRIAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MISMARRIAGE
1 longer words begin with MISMARRIAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in MISMARRIAGE
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Common questions about MISMARRIAGE
- Is MISMARRIAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISMARRIAGE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISMARRIAGE worth?
- MISMARRIAGE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISMARRIAGE mean?
- An unsuitable or unhappy marriage.
- What letters can be added to MISMARRIAGE?
- MISMARRIAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MISMARRIAGE:
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