MIXUP is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MIXUP 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 MIXUP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIXUP is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIXUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mixupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIXUP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MIXUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does MIXUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A confused or muddled state of affairs caused by things being wrongly combined or mistaken for one another.
A mixup happens when plans, objects or people get tangled together through error rather than deliberate choice. The word covers everything from a small mistaken booking to a full-scale muddle involving many people. It is used casually and carries no formal or technical sense. Untangling a mixup usually just means working out who did what and in which order.
How MIXUP is used
Informal and very common in everyday speech, rarely used in formal writing where "misunderstanding" would be preferred.
- The waiter apologised for the mixup with our orders.
- A scheduling mixup meant two meetings were booked in the same room.
- It took an hour to sort out the mixup at the airport counter.
- Their similar names caused a mixup at every roll call.
- The whole mixup started with one misdirected email.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIXUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIXUP
1 longer words begin with MIXUP.
Shorter words from the letters in MIXUP
Common questions about MIXUP
- Is MIXUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIXUP, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIXUP worth?
- MIXUP is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIXUP mean?
- A confused or muddled state of affairs caused by things being wrongly combined or mistaken for one another.
- What letters can be added to MIXUP?
- MIXUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MIXUP:
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