MUNG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MUNG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUNG?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUNG is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUNG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUNG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MUNG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does MUNG mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A leguminous plant cultivated for its small green edible beans, known as mung beans.
Mung refers to a small legume widely grown across South and Southeast Asia for food and fodder. Its beans are used whole, split, or sprouted in dishes such as soups, sweets, and salads.
How MUNG is used
Appears almost always in the compound mung bean or mung beans.
- The recipe called for a cup of soaked mung beans.
- Farmers rotated mung crops to improve soil nitrogen.
- Sprouted mung beans added crunch to the salad.
- The market sold dried mung beans by the kilogram.
- Mung flour is sometimes used to thicken traditional soups.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUNG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUNG
14 longer words begin with MUNG.
Words ending in MUNG
1 words end in MUNG. Useful as a back hook: play MUNG onto a word already on the board.
Words with MUNG inside
6 words contain MUNG in the middle. Words that start with MUNG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MUNG
Common questions about MUNG
- Is MUNG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUNG, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUNG worth?
- MUNG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUNG mean?
- A leguminous plant cultivated for its small green edible beans, known as mung beans.
- What letters can be added to MUNG?
- MUNG takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MUNG:
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