MOES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. MOES 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MOES?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOES is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOES
No single letter turns MOES into another word.
How MOES scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MOES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about MOES
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MOES mean in Scrabble?
noun
obsolete
Wry faces or grimaces pulled in mockery or disgust, in the plural of the obsolete noun moe.
A moe was a distorted twist of the face made to mock, disgust or amuse another person. Moes named more than one such grimace in old writing, well before the later word mouth or the French-derived moue took its place in English.
How MOES is used
Obsolete; found only in older texts and word lists, never in current speech.
- The children made moes at the strict old teacher behind her back.
- He pulled such moes that the whole room burst out laughing.
- The jester was famous for his moes and mocking faces at court.
- She caught the boys making moes at the visiting bishop.
- Old plays describe servants making moes whenever the master turned away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOES
The 4 tiles of MOES in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in MOES
2 words end in MOES. Useful as a back hook: play MOES onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in MOES
Common questions about MOES
- Is MOES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MOES is not in it.
- How many points is MOES worth?
- MOES is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOES mean?
- Wry faces or grimaces pulled in mockery or disgust, in the plural of the obsolete noun moe.
- What letters can be added to MOES?
- No single letter can be added to MOES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MOES:
Open MOES in the Word Finder