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magazine

/ˌmæɡəˈziːn/
noun

MAGAZINE is an eight-letter word worth 20 Scrabble points; it means a periodical or, in a second sense, an ammunition storehouse.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.

  2. An ammunition storehouse.

  3. A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

  4. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.

The everyday meaning is a periodical that gathers articles from several writers around a broad subject; MAGAZINE also names an ammunition storehouse. It appears in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE, and it is marked common, with a frequency count of 17,461. Its eight letters are longer than a standard seven-tile Scrabble rack, so playing the full word requires a letter already on the board.

MAGAZINE at a glance

  • MAGAZINE has a face value of 20 Scrabble points before board premiums.
  • The Z is worth 10 points, half of MAGAZINE's tile total.
  • No full-length anagrams are recorded for its eight letters.
  • No one-letter neighbours are recorded for MAGAZINE.

How many Scrabble points does MAGAZINE score?

MAGAZINE scores 20 points from M (3), A (1), G (2), A (1), Z (10), I (1), N (1) and E (1). The Z supplies half the score; the other seven tiles contribute the remaining 10 points. On a blank board, that is the face value before premium squares or bonuses.

Because MAGAZINE has eight letters and a Scrabble rack holds seven, you cannot lay it from a full rack alone. Use a matching board letter as the extra tile, then consider premium squares; putting Z on a letter square can change the total sharply.

What does MAGAZINE mean?

MAGAZINE usually means a periodical with articles by multiple writers on a broad topic or theme. A fashion title, science publication or hobby journal fits that sense; it is a publication category, not the name of one particular issue. The same spelling also means an ammunition storehouse.

That second sense matters in word checks because magazine is not limited to publishing vocabulary. The word is marked common and has a frequency count of 17,461, so players are more likely to recognize the periodical sense first. Its exact letter set has no full-word anagram and no one-letter neighbours in the supported lexicons; check your game's word list before relying on dictionary coverage.

The spelling contains two A tiles and one each of M, G, Z, I, N and E. That repeated A is easy to miss when checking a rack: arrange the vowels around the Z, then verify both A tiles before calling the spelling complete. No other word rearranges all eight letters.

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Questions people ask

Is MAGAZINE valid in Scrabble?
Yes. MAGAZINE appears in Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE. Its face value is 20 points before board premiums, and the Z supplies 10 points, half the total. The other seven tiles contribute the remaining 10, making Z the decisive score-bearing letter.
How many points does Z add in MAGAZINE?
MAGAZINE contains one Z worth 10 Scrabble points. The other seven tiles add up to 10, so Z contributes exactly half of the word's 20-point face value before premiums. A letter premium on Z can raise that base score, while a word premium multiplies the relevant total.
Does MAGAZINE have any anagrams?
No full-length anagrams are recorded for MAGAZINE. That means no different word uses all eight letters exactly once in another arrangement. The result concerns rearrangements of the complete set, not shorter words made from a subset of its letters.

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