Is MAIZE a word?
MAIZE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 8 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, MAIZE is a valid word.
What does maize mean?
noun: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
MAIZE: word details
- Pronunciation: MAYZ (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so MAIZE works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside maize
Words you can make from the letters of maize.
Solve a whole rack, not just MAIZE
MAIZE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does MAIZE mean?
MAIZE is a noun. It means: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.
Is MAIZE a valid word?
Yes, MAIZE is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.