MONOMANIAC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MONOMANIAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOMANIAC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONOMANIAC is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOMANIAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
monomaniacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MONOMANIAC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MONOMANIAC, 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 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOMANIAC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOMANIAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person obsessed with a single idea, subject or goal.
Once a medical label, monomaniac now sounds more like a figure of fiction. Captain Ahab chasing the whale is the classic picture, though it is often used playfully of anyone absorbed in one hobby.
How MONOMANIAC is used
Used in everyday and literary speech, seriously or jokingly, for someone fixated on one thing.
- Captain Ahab is the best-known monomaniac in fiction.
- He became a monomaniac about perfecting his sourdough.
- Her friends teased her as a monomaniac when it came to chess.
- The monomaniac talked of nothing but his invention.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOMANIAC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MONOMANIAC
3 longer words begin with MONOMANIAC.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOMANIAC
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Common questions about MONOMANIAC
- Is MONOMANIAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOMANIAC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOMANIAC worth?
- MONOMANIAC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOMANIAC mean?
- A person obsessed with a single idea, subject or goal.
- What letters can be added to MONOMANIAC?
- MONOMANIAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MONOMANIAC:
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