MUON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MUON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUON?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUON is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
muonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MUON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does MUON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A subatomic particle similar to an electron but roughly two hundred times heavier, classified as a lepton.
A muon behaves much like an electron in the way it interacts with matter, but its greater mass and short lifetime set it apart, and physicists detect muons raining down from cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere. The term belongs mainly to physics rather than everyday speech.
How MUON is used
A specialized physics term, used in scientific writing and teaching about particle physics.
- The detector recorded thousands of muons passing through it each hour.
- A muon decays into an electron and two neutrinos.
- Cosmic rays produce showers of muons in the upper atmosphere.
- Physicists used a muon beam to probe the material's structure.
- The experiment measured how far a muon travels before decaying.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUON
4 longer words begin with MUON.
Words ending in MUON
1 words end in MUON. Useful as a back hook: play MUON onto a word already on the board.
Words with MUON inside
1 words contain MUON in the middle. Words that start with MUON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MUON
Common questions about MUON
- Is MUON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUON, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUON worth?
- MUON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUON mean?
- A subatomic particle similar to an electron but roughly two hundred times heavier, classified as a lepton.
- What letters can be added to MUON?
- MUON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MUON:
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