MUID is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. MUID is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MUID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUID is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
muidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUID scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MUID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does MUID mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old unit of dry or liquid capacity once used in historical measurement systems.
A muid was a measure applied to goods such as grain, salt, or wine in earlier centuries. The exact volume of a muid varied by region and period before standardized metric units replaced it.
How MUID is used
Encountered mainly in historical documents describing trade and taxation.
- The old ledger recorded grain sold by the muid.
- A single muid of wine was taxed at a fixed rate.
- Historians estimate the size of a muid differently by region.
- Merchants measured salt shipments in muids during that era.
- The archive mentions several muids delivered to the abbey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUID
1 longer words begin with MUID.
Shorter words from the letters in MUID
Common questions about MUID
- Is MUID valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MUID is not in it.
- How many points is MUID worth?
- MUID is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUID mean?
- An old unit of dry or liquid capacity once used in historical measurement systems.
- What letters can be added to MUID?
- MUID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MUID:
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