MUSHROOM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MUSHROOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUSHROOM?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUSHROOM is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUSHROOM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUSHROOM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MUSHROOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MUSHROOM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MUSHROOM
- MUSHROOM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MUSHROOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fungus with a domed cap on a stalk, many kinds of which are eaten while others are poisonous.
Foragers learn to tell edible mushroom species from deadly lookalikes, since a mistake can be fatal. As a verb the word means to grow and spread very fast, as a city or a rumour might.
How MUSHROOM is used
Used for the fungus and, as a verb, for rapid growth.
- We fried a mushroom with butter and garlic.
- Never eat a wild mushroom unless an expert has checked it.
- New cafes began to mushroom along the main street.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUSHROOM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUSHROOM
9 longer words begin with MUSHROOM.
Shorter words from the letters in MUSHROOM
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Common questions about MUSHROOM
- Is MUSHROOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUSHROOM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUSHROOM worth?
- MUSHROOM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUSHROOM mean?
- A fungus with a domed cap on a stalk, many kinds of which are eaten while others are poisonous.
- What letters can be added to MUSHROOM?
- MUSHROOM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MUSHROOM:
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