MOGUL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MOGUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOGUL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOGUL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOGUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mogulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOGUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOGUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does MOGUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A very powerful or influential person, especially the head of a large business empire in industries such as film, media, or finance; also, a bump or mound of hard-packed snow on a ski slope.
A mogul built an empire large and powerful enough that people speak of the whole industry in terms of a handful of dominant names, whether in Hollywood film studios, publishing houses, or global finance. The word carries a sense of near-absolute control, echoing its origin in Mogul, the older English name for the Mughal emperors who once ruled a vast empire across South Asia. Skiers use an entirely unrelated sense of the same word for the bumps of packed snow that form on a slope through repeated turns, and mogul skiing is a competitive event judged on speed and technique over this bumpy terrain. Context alone tells a reader which of the two very different senses is meant.
How MOGUL is used
Common in business and entertainment journalism for a powerful magnate, and equally common in skiing for the bumps found on a mogul run.
- The media mogul owned three television networks.
- A property mogul bought the entire city block.
- She skied confidently over each mogul on the steep run.
- The mogul course tested every competitor's balance.
- He became a shipping mogul after decades of hard work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOGUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOGUL
2 longer words begin with MOGUL.
Shorter words from the letters in MOGUL
Common questions about MOGUL
- Is MOGUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOGUL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOGUL worth?
- MOGUL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOGUL mean?
- A very powerful or influential person, especially the head of a large business empire in industries such as film, media, or finance; also, a bump or mound of hard-packed snow on a ski slope.
- What letters can be added to MOGUL?
- MOGUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOGUL:
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