Is MAT a Scrabble word?
Yes. MAT is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
Noun 4 meanings
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
“Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.”
A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
“They put mats on the table during mealtimes.”
A floor pad to protect athletes.
“The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.”
A thickly tangled mess.
“a mat of weeds”
Verb 2 meanings
To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
MAT at a glance
MAT has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #8,923 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -MAT
More endings- FORMAT11
- DIPLOMAT13
- HAZMAT20
- LAUNDROMAT13
- DOORMAT10
- REFORMAT13
- AUTOMAT9
- SUMMAT10
- PLACEMAT14
- KOMPROMAT19
- BATHMAT14
- KISMAT12
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