MORSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MORSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MORSE?
| 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 MORSE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MORSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MORSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MORSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about MORSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MORSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The code of dots and dashes used for signalling by sound or light.
Morse carries the name of one of the two men who devised it, and the version that spread across the world is not quite the one he built. Its strength is that it needs nothing: a lamp, a key, a whistle or a hand will carry it, and it stayed in use at sea until 1999 because no later system was as hard to stop.
How MORSE is used
Uncountable and attributive — in morse, a morse key. Usually capitalised as a name.
- The message came through in morse and was written down by hand.
- He learned morse at fourteen and has never lost it.
- A morse key takes a fortnight to get used to.
- They signalled in morse with a lamp across the harbour.
- Morse needs no power and no equipment worth the name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MORSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MORSE
The 5 tiles of MORSE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with MORSE
8 longer words begin with MORSE.
Words ending in MORSE
2 words end in MORSE. Useful as a back hook: play MORSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with MORSE inside
11 words contain MORSE in the middle. Words that start with MORSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MORSE
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Common questions about MORSE
- Is MORSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MORSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MORSE worth?
- MORSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MORSE mean?
- The code of dots and dashes used for signalling by sound or light.
- What letters can be added to MORSE?
- MORSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MORSE:
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