MUSS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MUSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUSS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUSS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUSS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MUSS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MUSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does MUSS mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalNorth American
To make something untidy or disordered, especially hair or clothing.
To muss something is to rumple or disarrange it, most often someone's hair, so that it looks messy rather than neat. It is a casual, everyday word used mainly in North American speech.
How MUSS is used
Informal; common in North American speech, often in the phrase muss up.
- Please do not muss my hair before the photograph.
- The wind began to muss his carefully combed hair.
- She would muss the baby's curls just to make him laugh.
- Running in the rain will muss your good shirt.
- He tried not to muss the papers stacked on the desk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUSS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MUSS
The 4 tiles of MUSS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MUSS
21 longer words begin with MUSS.
Shorter words from the letters in MUSS
Common questions about MUSS
- Is MUSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUSS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUSS worth?
- MUSS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUSS mean?
- To make something untidy or disordered, especially hair or clothing.
- What letters can be added to MUSS?
- MUSS takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MUSS:
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