MOS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. MOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOS is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What stands out about MOS
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 MOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Very short spaces of time, in the plural.
Mo is British and always small: half a mo, wait a mo, back in a mo. The plural is rarer than the singular, because the whole point of the word is that there is only one of whatever is being measured, and it appears mostly in two mos — which means about as long as half a mo.
How MOS is used
The singular is mo. Conversational; it does not appear in formal writing at all.
- Give me two mos and I will find it.
- A couple of mos turned into twenty minutes.
- He counts in mos and never in minutes.
- Two mos, she said, and was gone for an hour.
- Nobody measures anything in mos on purpose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOS
The 3 tiles of MOS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MOS
Showing 24 of 96 words that begin with MOS.
Words ending in MOS
Showing 24 of 78 words that end in MOS. Useful as a back hook: play MOS onto a word already on the board.
Words with MOS inside
Showing 24 of 358 words that contain MOS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MOS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MOS
Common questions about MOS
- Is MOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOS worth?
- MOS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOS mean?
- Very short spaces of time, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to MOS?
- MOS takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MOS:
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