MUTILATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MUTILATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUTILATE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUTILATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUTILATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUTILATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MUTILATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MUTILATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MUTILATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To injure or damage severely by cutting off or destroying a limb or an essential part.
To mutilate is to leave something ruined and unrecognisable, whether a body, a statue or a text. The word is strong and carries a sense of cruelty or carelessness. Editors say a cut-down article is mutilated when its meaning is lost.
How MUTILATE is used
Used of physical injury and, figuratively, of works that have been badly cut or altered.
- Vandals tried to mutilate the old statue in the square.
- Careless cuts can mutilate a fine poem.
- The law forbids anyone to mutilate coins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUTILATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MUTILATE
The 8 tiles of MUTILATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MUTILATE
2 longer words begin with MUTILATE.
Shorter words from the letters in MUTILATE
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Common questions about MUTILATE
- Is MUTILATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUTILATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUTILATE worth?
- MUTILATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUTILATE mean?
- To injure or damage severely by cutting off or destroying a limb or an essential part.
- What letters can be added to MUTILATE?
- MUTILATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MUTILATE:
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