MODI is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 7 points
Yes for Scrabble. MODI is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept MODI?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MODI is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MODI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
modiiChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MODI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MODI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does MODI mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The Latin plural of modus, meaning particular ways or methods of doing something.
Modi survives in English mainly within learned or legal writing that borrows directly from Latin grammar. Authors use modi when referring to more than one modus at once, such as several modi operandi within a single case.
How MODI is used
Rarely used outside formal, academic, or legal discussion of methods.
- Investigators compared the modi operandi of several suspects.
- The report listed distinct modi used across the fraud cases.
- Legal scholars sometimes cite multiple modi within one ruling.
- Each chapter examined different modi of ancient argumentation.
- The Latin term modi appears rarely outside academic prose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MODI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MODI
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with MODI.
Words with MODI inside
Showing 24 of 89 words that contain MODI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MODI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MODI
Common questions about MODI
- Is MODI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MODI is not in it.
- How many points is MODI worth?
- MODI is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MODI mean?
- The Latin plural of modus, meaning particular ways or methods of doing something.
- What letters can be added to MODI?
- MODI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MODI:
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