MOONCALF is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MOONCALF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOONCALF?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOONCALF is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOONCALF
No single letter turns MOONCALF into another word.
How MOONCALF scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MOONCALF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MOONCALF has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MOONCALF mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A foolish or dreamy person; in old usage, also a deformed creature or false birth.
Folk belief once blamed the moon for strange births and for a vacant, absent-minded manner, which gave mooncalf its two meanings. Shakespeare uses it as a taunt in The Tempest.
How MOONCALF is used
Used in literary or old-fashioned writing as an insult for a fool.
- The sailors laughed at the mooncalf staring at the sky.
- He felt like a mooncalf, lost in thought and late for dinner.
- In the play, the mooncalf is mocked by every character.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOONCALF and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MOONCALF
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Common questions about MOONCALF
- Is MOONCALF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOONCALF, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOONCALF worth?
- MOONCALF is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOONCALF mean?
- A foolish or dreamy person; in old usage, also a deformed creature or false birth.
- What letters can be added to MOONCALF?
- No single letter can be added to MOONCALF to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MOONCALF:
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