MISSHAPE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MISSHAPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISSHAPE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISSHAPE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISSHAPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MISSHAPE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MISSHAPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISSHAPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MISSHAPE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MISSHAPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give something a bad, ugly or distorted form.
Heat, pressure or careless work can misshape an object so that it no longer fits its purpose. The related adjective misshapen is far more common than the verb itself.
How MISSHAPE is used
Used in a literal sense for deformed objects, and figuratively in literary writing.
- Heat can misshape a plastic bowl left near the stove.
- Poor handling will misshape the soft clay.
- Years of hard labour did not misshape his gentle character.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISSHAPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MISSHAPE
The 8 tiles of MISSHAPE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MISSHAPE
8 longer words begin with MISSHAPE.
Shorter words from the letters in MISSHAPE
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Common questions about MISSHAPE
- Is MISSHAPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISSHAPE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISSHAPE worth?
- MISSHAPE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISSHAPE mean?
- To give something a bad, ugly or distorted form.
- What letters can be added to MISSHAPE?
- MISSHAPE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MISSHAPE:
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