Is MOSQUITO a word?
MOSQUITO is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, MOSQUITO is a valid word.
What does mosquito mean?
noun: two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
MOSQUITO: word details
- Pronunciation: muhs-KEE-toh (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 19 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 21 points on the tiles.
- 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 mosquito
Words you can make from the letters of mosquito.
Solve a whole rack, not just MOSQUITO
MOSQUITO 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 MOSQUITO mean?
MOSQUITO is a noun. It means: two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
Is MOSQUITO a valid word?
Yes, MOSQUITO is a valid word. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 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.