MOMUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MOMUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOMUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOMUS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOMUS
No single letter turns MOMUS into another word.
How MOMUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOMUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.
What does MOMUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
A person who habitually mocks, criticizes, or finds fault, especially in a scoffing or satirical way.
The word momus is drawn from Momus, the Greek god associated with blame, mockery, and satire, and English writers borrowed the name as a common noun for anyone who plays that role among ordinary people. A momus does not simply disagree; the term implies a taste for ridicule and a readiness to pick apart the work or conduct of others. Because the word survives mainly in literary and older writing, it now reads as a deliberately learned way of naming a scoffer or captious critic.
How MOMUS is used
Rare literary noun; met chiefly in older essays and criticism rather than everyday speech.
- The critic played the momus at every gallery opening, sneering at each new canvas.
- Editors feared him as a momus who found fault with every manuscript.
- She dismissed the reviewer as a mere momus with nothing constructive to say.
- His letters cast him as a momus, mocking every scheme his colleagues proposed.
- The essay names Swift himself a momus of eighteenth-century politics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOMUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOMUS
1 longer words begin with MOMUS.
Shorter words from the letters in MOMUS
Common questions about MOMUS
- Is MOMUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOMUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOMUS worth?
- MOMUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOMUS mean?
- A person who habitually mocks, criticizes, or finds fault, especially in a scoffing or satirical way.
- What letters can be added to MOMUS?
- No single letter can be added to MOMUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOMUS:
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