MUSSEL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MUSSEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUSSEL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUSSEL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUSSEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
musselsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUSSEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MUSSEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does MUSSEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
An edible bivalve mollusk with a dark, elongated shell that lives attached to rocks or other surfaces in fresh or salt water.
A mussel anchors itself in place with a bundle of tough threads called a byssus, which lets it cling to rocks, pilings, or ropes even in strong currents. Both marine and freshwater kinds exist, though the blue-black mussel served steamed in wine is the one most people picture on a dinner plate. Farms grow mussels on ropes or nets suspended in the sea, a method that produces cleaner, sand-free shellfish than gathering them wild from rocks. Freshwater mussels also matter to naturalists because several species are now rare and closely tied to the health of a river.
How MUSSEL is used
A common word in cooking and marine biology for a group of bivalve shellfish, both wild-gathered and farmed.
- The restaurant served mussels steamed in white wine and garlic.
- At low tide, mussels clung to every rock along the shore.
- The farm raised mussels on long ropes hung beneath the surface.
- A single mussel can filter several liters of water in a day.
- Divers checked the health of the river native mussel population.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUSSEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MUSSEL
The 6 tiles of MUSSEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MUSSEL
4 longer words begin with MUSSEL.
Shorter words from the letters in MUSSEL
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Common questions about MUSSEL
- Is MUSSEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUSSEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUSSEL worth?
- MUSSEL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUSSEL mean?
- An edible bivalve mollusk with a dark, elongated shell that lives attached to rocks or other surfaces in fresh or salt water.
- What letters can be added to MUSSEL?
- MUSSEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MUSSEL:
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