8-Letter Words Starting With MOON
- 23 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With MOON
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With MOON 23 words
How common is MOON at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 23 eight-letter words that start with MOON. They average 12.8 points, the best is MOONWALK (17 points) and 21.7% end in S.
- Total words
- 23
- Average Scrabble score
- 12.8
- out of 17 max
- Everyday words
- 4%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 21.7% of words
Most common last letters
- s 21.7%
- t 21.7%
- e 17.4%
Top vowel pairs
- oo100%
- ee8.7%
- ai4.3%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with MOON
m 3o 1o 1n 1w 4a 1l 1k 5
M 3 + O 1 + O 1 + N 1 + W 4 + A 1 + L 1 + K 5 = 17 points
- Double word
- 34 pts
- Triple word
- 51 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
moonwalk
- nouna kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot“Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s”
- nounan exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon
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How many eight-letter words that start with MOON are there?
There are 23 eight-letter words that start with MOON in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with MOON?
MOONWALK is worth 17 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are MOONFISH (16), MOONROCK (16), MOONCALF (15).
Which rare eight-letter words that start with MOON score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include MOONROCK (16), MOONBOWS (15), MOONFACE (15), MOONLIKE (14). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.