MONILIA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MONILIA 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 MONILIA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONILIA is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONILIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MONILIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MONILIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does MONILIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A yeastlike fungus of the genus Monilia, some kinds of which live as parasites.
Gardeners and doctors meet monilia in different settings: on rotting fruit in one case, in the mouth or throat in the other. The name comes from a chain-like pattern of spores.
How MONILIA is used
Monilia appears in medical and botanical writing, often in connection with infections such as thrush.
- The doctor suspected monilia as the cause of the white patches.
- Brown rot on the plums was blamed on a monilia fungus.
- Under the lens the monilia showed its chains of tiny spores.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONILIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MONILIA
5 longer words begin with MONILIA.
Shorter words from the letters in MONILIA
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Common questions about MONILIA
- Is MONILIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONILIA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONILIA worth?
- MONILIA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONILIA mean?
- A yeastlike fungus of the genus Monilia, some kinds of which live as parasites.
- What letters can be added to MONILIA?
- MONILIA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MONILIA:
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