MYLODON is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MYLODON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYLODON?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MYLODON is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYLODON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MYLODON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MYLODON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,489 thousand.
What does MYLODON mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An extinct giant ground sloth of South America that lived in the Ice Age.
The mylodon was about the size of a bear and had a thick hide with bony nodules in it. Fossil remains, including skin and dung, have been found in caves in Patagonia. It disappeared roughly eleven thousand years ago.
How MYLODON is used
Used in palaeontology for the extinct sloth genus, often in books about Pleistocene animals.
- A piece of mylodon skin was found in a cave in Patagonia.
- The mylodon fed on leaves and grass before it became extinct.
- Museum visitors stared up at the tall skeleton of a mylodon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYLODON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MYLODON
3 longer words begin with MYLODON.
Shorter words from the letters in MYLODON
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Common questions about MYLODON
- Is MYLODON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYLODON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYLODON worth?
- MYLODON is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYLODON mean?
- An extinct giant ground sloth of South America that lived in the Ice Age.
- What letters can be added to MYLODON?
- MYLODON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MYLODON:
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