MOIT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. MOIT 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept MOIT?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOIT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
moitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MOIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about MOIT
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 MOIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialecttechnical
A small foreign particle, such as a fragment of wood or leaf, caught in a fleece or in raw wool.
A moit is exactly the kind of tiny stray matter that a shearer or wool grader has to pick out before a fleece can be spun. The word is used mainly by people who handle raw wool rather than in everyday speech.
How MOIT is used
Technical dialect word from wool grading; rarely met outside that trade.
- The grader removed every moit from the fleece before baling it.
- A single moit caught in the yarn can spoil an otherwise fine thread.
- Sorters are trained to spot a moit among the raw wool at a glance.
- The machine is designed to shake loose moits before carding begins.
- Too many moits in the wool lower its price at auction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOIT
The 4 tiles of MOIT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MOIT
5 longer words begin with MOIT.
Shorter words from the letters in MOIT
Common questions about MOIT
- Is MOIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOIT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOIT worth?
- MOIT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOIT mean?
- A small foreign particle, such as a fragment of wood or leaf, caught in a fleece or in raw wool.
- What letters can be added to MOIT?
- MOIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MOIT:
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