MOUILLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MOUILLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOUILLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOUILLE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOUILLE
No single letter turns MOUILLE into another word.
How MOUILLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MOUILLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What stands out about MOUILLE
- MOUILLE runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MOUILLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a consonant pronounced with the front of the tongue pressed against the palate, giving it a softened, liquid sound.
Linguists borrowed mouille from French to name sounds such as the ll in Spanish or the gn in Italian. Spelling alone does not always show which letters are mouille.
How MOUILLE is used
Mouille is a phonetics term that follows the noun it describes.
- The Spanish ll was once called a mouille sound.
- French grammars mark certain consonants as mouille.
- Teachers drilled the mouille consonant until it came out soft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOUILLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MOUILLE
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Common questions about MOUILLE
- Is MOUILLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOUILLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOUILLE worth?
- MOUILLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOUILLE mean?
- Describing a consonant pronounced with the front of the tongue pressed against the palate, giving it a softened, liquid sound.
- What letters can be added to MOUILLE?
- No single letter can be added to MOUILLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MOUILLE:
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