MONOMANIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MONOMANIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOMANIA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONOMANIA is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOMANIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MONOMANIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MONOMANIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOMANIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOMANIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
An obsessive concentration on a single idea or subject.
Captain Ahab's pursuit of the white whale is a classic literary case of monomania. Outside fiction the word describes anyone whose interest in one thing crowds out everything else, and it can be a mild joke or a serious charge.
How MONOMANIA is used
Used in literature, psychology history and everyday exaggeration.
- His monomania about trains bored his friends.
- Ahab's monomania drives the whole story.
- She treated the project with a monomania that alarmed her family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOMANIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MONOMANIA
5 longer words begin with MONOMANIA.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOMANIA
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Common questions about MONOMANIA
- Is MONOMANIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOMANIA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOMANIA worth?
- MONOMANIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOMANIA mean?
- An obsessive concentration on a single idea or subject.
- What letters can be added to MONOMANIA?
- MONOMANIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MONOMANIA:
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