MUTUEL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MUTUEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUTUEL?
| 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 MUTUEL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUTUEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mutuelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUTUEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MUTUEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about MUTUEL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 MUTUEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A betting system, short for pari-mutuel, in which winnings are paid from a shared pool of all wagers rather than at odds fixed in advance.
Under a mutuel system, every bet placed on a race goes into a common pool, and after the track deducts its share, the remaining money is divided among the winning bettors in proportion to their wagers. This differs from a fixed-odds bookmaker, whose payout on a bet is agreed before the race and does not depend on how much other people wagered. The word mutuel is a shortened form of pari-mutuel, French for mutual stake, and it survives mainly in the jargon of horse and dog racing. Tracks that use this system often have windows labeled mutuel where bettors place wagers and collect winnings.
How MUTUEL is used
A specialist term from horse and dog racing, naming the shared-pool betting system and the windows where such bets are placed.
- Bettors lined up at the mutuel windows before the first race.
- The pool of the mutuel grew larger as post time approached.
- Odds under the mutuel system shift constantly until betting closes.
- He worked for years as a mutuel clerk at the racetrack.
- The final payout depended on the size of the mutuel pool.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUTUEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MUTUEL
The 6 tiles of MUTUEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MUTUEL
1 longer words begin with MUTUEL.
Shorter words from the letters in MUTUEL
Common questions about MUTUEL
- Is MUTUEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUTUEL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUTUEL worth?
- MUTUEL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUTUEL mean?
- A betting system, short for pari-mutuel, in which winnings are paid from a shared pool of all wagers rather than at odds fixed in advance.
- What letters can be added to MUTUEL?
- MUTUEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MUTUEL:
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