MOLED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. MOLED 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MOLED?
| 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 MOLED is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOLED
No single letter turns MOLED into another word.
How MOLED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOLED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.
What stands out about MOLED
- The same 5 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 MOLED mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To have drawn out information gradually and often secretly; the past tense of mole.
Someone who moled a secret out of another person worked patiently and quietly, piece by piece, rather than asking outright. The verb comes from the image of a mole tunnelling unseen underground toward its goal.
How MOLED is used
Informal, used mainly to describe gradual or covert questioning.
- The reporter moled the story out of a reluctant source.
- She moled the truth from her brother bit by bit.
- Investigators moled details from the old files over weeks.
- He moled the secret out of his coworker at lunch.
- The detective moled a confession from the nervous clerk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOLED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOLED
The 5 tiles of MOLED in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MOLED
Common questions about MOLED
- Is MOLED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MOLED is not in it.
- How many points is MOLED worth?
- MOLED is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOLED mean?
- To have drawn out information gradually and often secretly; the past tense of mole.
- What letters can be added to MOLED?
- No single letter can be added to MOLED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOLED:
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