MIXEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. MIXEN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MIXEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIXEN is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIXEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mixensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIXEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MIXEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does MIXEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A dunghill or heap of manure and refuse kept in a farmyard.
A mixen is the pile where a farm's dung and other organic waste were traditionally collected before being spread on fields as fertiliser. The word survives chiefly in English rural dialect and in older farming vocabulary rather than in everyday standard speech. It names much the same thing as a dunghill or midden, but keeps its own distinct dialectal form and history.
How MIXEN is used
Dialectal and largely historical; met mostly in descriptions of traditional farm life rather than modern speech.
- The farmhand carried another load to the mixen behind the barn.
- Rain had turned the mixen into a foul, steaming heap.
- Old records mention a mixen at the edge of every farmyard.
- The smell of the mixen reached the lane on warm days.
- Chickens pecked around the mixen looking for grubs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIXEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIXEN
1 longer words begin with MIXEN.
Shorter words from the letters in MIXEN
Common questions about MIXEN
- Is MIXEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MIXEN is not in it.
- How many points is MIXEN worth?
- MIXEN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIXEN mean?
- A dunghill or heap of manure and refuse kept in a farmyard.
- What letters can be added to MIXEN?
- MIXEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MIXEN:
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