MUSTY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MUSTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUSTY?
| 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 MUSTY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUSTY
No single letter turns MUSTY into another word.
How MUSTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MUSTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does MUSTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a stale, damp, or mouldy smell, typically from age, poor ventilation, or long storage.
A musty room usually smells of trapped moisture and old fabric, dust or paper that has sat undisturbed for years without fresh air moving through it. The word can describe anything from a cellar to an old book, and it often carries a hint of neglect, as though the space or object has been shut away too long. Beyond literal smell, musty sometimes describes ideas or institutions that feel outdated and in need of airing out.
How MUSTY is used
Common in everyday speech to describe smell, and used figuratively for anything stale or old-fashioned.
- The attic smelled musty after being closed up all winter.
- She wrinkled her nose at the musty pages of the secondhand book.
- A musty odour drifted up from the flooded basement.
- The old coats in the closet had gone musty from years of storage.
- He complained that the museum's back rooms felt musty and airless.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUSTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MUSTY
Common questions about MUSTY
- Is MUSTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUSTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUSTY worth?
- MUSTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUSTY mean?
- Having a stale, damp, or mouldy smell, typically from age, poor ventilation, or long storage.
- What letters can be added to MUSTY?
- No single letter can be added to MUSTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MUSTY:
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