RAGAMUFFIN is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. RAGAMUFFIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAGAMUFFIN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAGAMUFFIN is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAGAMUFFIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ragamuffinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAGAMUFFIN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RAGAMUFFIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAGAMUFFIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAGAMUFFIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A child in ragged, dirty clothes, typically one living poorly on the streets.
Ragamuffin carries more affection than contempt in modern English, picturing a scruffy but spirited youngster. Older usage was harsher and could describe any disreputable fellow in tatters.
How RAGAMUFFIN is used
Used fondly or humorously of unkempt children, and in older fiction of street urchins.
- A ragamuffin with a grubby face begged for a coin.
- The film follows a band of ragamuffin orphans in Victorian London.
- She dressed the little ragamuffin in a clean shirt.
- Every ragamuffin in the village ran to see the circus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAGAMUFFIN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAGAMUFFIN
1 longer words begin with RAGAMUFFIN.
Shorter words from the letters in RAGAMUFFIN
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Common questions about RAGAMUFFIN
- Is RAGAMUFFIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAGAMUFFIN, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAGAMUFFIN worth?
- RAGAMUFFIN is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAGAMUFFIN mean?
- A child in ragged, dirty clothes, typically one living poorly on the streets.
- What letters can be added to RAGAMUFFIN?
- RAGAMUFFIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RAGAMUFFIN:
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