MISTRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MISTRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MISTRESS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MISTRESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MISTRESS
No single letter turns MISTRESS into another word.
How MISTRESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MISTRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MISTRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MISTRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A woman who is in charge, such as the head of a household, a teacher, or the owner of an animal.
The mistress of a house once ran the servants, and a mistress at a school taught a subject. The word also names a woman skilled at something, as in a mistress of her craft, and in another sense a woman in a relationship outside marriage.
How MISTRESS is used
Mistress now sounds old-fashioned except in set phrases and in the sense of a lover.
- The mistress of the manor greeted every guest.
- She was a mistress of the art of understatement.
- The dog ran to its mistress at the gate.
- The French mistress marked the essays on Friday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MISTRESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MISTRESS
7 longer words begin with MISTRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in MISTRESS
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Common questions about MISTRESS
- Is MISTRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MISTRESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MISTRESS worth?
- MISTRESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MISTRESS mean?
- A woman who is in charge, such as the head of a household, a teacher, or the owner of an animal.
- What letters can be added to MISTRESS?
- No single letter can be added to MISTRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MISTRESS:
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