MITTIMUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MITTIMUS 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 MITTIMUS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MITTIMUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MITTIMUS
No single letter turns MITTIMUS into another word.
How MITTIMUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MITTIMUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MITTIMUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MITTIMUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A written order sending a person to prison, or moving court records elsewhere.
The Latin word means we send, and a mittimus was handed to the jailer as his authority to hold a prisoner. Few outside the law now meet the term, though it survives in historical writing.
How MITTIMUS is used
A legal and historical term for a warrant of commitment.
- The magistrate signed the mittimus and the prisoner was led away.
- The jailer would not admit him without a proper mittimus.
- A mittimus could also send a case file from one court to another.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MITTIMUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MITTIMUS
1 longer words begin with MITTIMUS.
Shorter words from the letters in MITTIMUS
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Common questions about MITTIMUS
- Is MITTIMUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MITTIMUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MITTIMUS worth?
- MITTIMUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MITTIMUS mean?
- A written order sending a person to prison, or moving court records elsewhere.
- What letters can be added to MITTIMUS?
- No single letter can be added to MITTIMUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MITTIMUS:
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