MOTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MOTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOTILE?
| 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 MOTILE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOTILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
motilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOTILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MOTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does MOTILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Capable of moving spontaneously and independently, used especially of cells, spores, and microorganisms.
A motile cell or organism can propel itself, often using a whip-like tail called a flagellum or tiny hair-like cilia, rather than being carried passively by fluid around it. Biologists use motile to separate cells that move under their own power, such as sperm or certain bacteria, from cells that stay fixed in place or drift only when pushed. The word also has a rare, separate sense in psychology describing a person whose mental imagery centres on feelings of movement.
How MOTILE is used
A technical term from biology, describing cells or organisms capable of independent movement.
- Sperm are motile cells that swim using a long flagellum.
- The bacteria in the sample proved highly motile under the microscope.
- Some spores remain motile only for a brief stage of their life cycle.
- A motile organism can seek out food rather than wait for it to drift by.
- Researchers tracked the motile bacteria as they moved toward the light source.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOTILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOTILE
1 longer words begin with MOTILE.
Shorter words from the letters in MOTILE
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Common questions about MOTILE
- Is MOTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOTILE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOTILE worth?
- MOTILE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOTILE mean?
- Capable of moving spontaneously and independently, used especially of cells, spores, and microorganisms.
- What letters can be added to MOTILE?
- MOTILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MOTILE:
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