Yes. MOUE is a valid word.
MOUE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
MOUE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About MOUE
MOUE is a small pout or grimace, a pushing out of the lips, borrowed from French; its plural is MOUES. MOUE uses an O, a U and an E with one M. It is a neat way to place an awkward U. Try making a moue in the mirror and you will remember it.
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MOUE scores 6 points
Before any bonus squares: M 3 + O 1 + U 1 + E 1 = 6. On a double-word square that's 12, on a triple-word 18, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: MOUE as the first play
Later in the game, put the M on a 3L square and MOUE is worth 12 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After MOUE (1):
- MOUESform of MOUE: a disdainful grimace
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from MOUE
Other forms of MOUE (1):
- MOUESform of MOUE: a disdainful grimace
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of MOUE and these are still words:
- ROUEa lecherous man
- MODEhow something is done or how it happens
- MOKEBritish informal for donkey
- MOLEthe molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams
- MOME
- MOPEsomeone who wastes time
- MOREform of MANY: a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'
- MOTE(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
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- MOVEchange location
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of MOUE:
- MEOUto meow
Memory tip
MOUE is a little pout, from French. Make a moue and you are pouting.
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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