MUST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MUST 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 MUST?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUST is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MUST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What stands out about MUST
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MUST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The juice pressed from grapes before or during fermentation into wine.
Winemakers use must to name the sweet, cloudy liquid still full of skins and stems right after the harvest goes through the press, prior to the action of yeast. The same term extends informally to a similar raw stage in cider and some other fruit drinks, always meaning the batch has not yet turned alcoholic.
How MUST is used
Technical winemaking term; also used more loosely for other fruit juice before fermentation.
- The must was left to ferment in large oak vats.
- Workers checked the sugar level of the must each morning.
- Red must gets its colour from grape skins left in during fermentation.
- The winery presses enough must for several thousand bottles a year.
- Yeast was added to the must to begin fermentation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MUST
The 4 tiles of MUST in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with MUST
Showing 24 of 36 words that begin with MUST.
Shorter words from the letters in MUST
Common questions about MUST
- Is MUST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUST, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUST worth?
- MUST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUST mean?
- The juice pressed from grapes before or during fermentation into wine.
- What letters can be added to MUST?
- MUST takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MUST:
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