Is MIL a Scrabble word?
Yes. MIL is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also ¹⁄₆₀₀₀ and ¹⁄₆₃₀₀ are used in other countries.
Noun 3 meanings
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also ¹⁄₆₀₀₀ and ¹⁄₆₃₀₀ are used in other countries.
A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
“For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mils thick.”
A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin millesimum.g., millilitre, millimetre, milliradian). The metric units come about via clipping of translingual milli- (“SI prefix”)
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MIL at a glance
MIL has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (M 3 + I 1 + L 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #10,412 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -MIL
More endings- VERAPAMIL16
- ARMIL7
- AUMIL7
- VERMIL11
- WORMIL11
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