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Is mulct a Scrabble word?

Yes, mulct is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of mulct?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.Examples: "juries cast up what a wife is worth, / By laying whate'er sum in mulct they please on / The lover, who must pay a handsome price, / Because it is a marketable vice."; "[…]by the Salic law, no higher mulct was imposed for killing, than for kidnapping a slave."; "The Act of Uniformity had laid a mulct of a hundred pounds on every person who, not having received episcopal ordination, should presume to administer the Eucharist."

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To swindle (someone) out of money.Examples: "Mr. Train's most celebrated real life case was said to have been the prosecution in 1914 of Henry Siegel, operator of a chain of dry-goods stores, who was accused of mulcting thousands in a savings account scheme."; "However, the pressure on the legislature to license an occupation rarely comes from the members of the public who have been mulcted or in other ways abused by members of the occupation."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "mulct"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "mulct"?

Scrabble
9 points
M3
U1
L1
C3
T1
Words With Friends
13 points
M4
U2
L2
C4
T1

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